University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
1984.6.16
Description
Clear cylindrical glass jar with black metal screw-on lid with cream paper label affixed to jar with black text describing contents; contents are pale yellow powder; sealed closure.
Clear cylindrical glass jar with black metal screw-on lid with cream paper label affixed to jar with black text describing contents; contents are pale yellow powder; sealed closure.
Purified from crude sulphur by sublimation (solid to gas phase transformation), to treat skin disorders (like scabies, destroys the itch mite causing scabies). Made into sulphur ointment for topical use. Sublimed sulphur is a scabicide, meaning it destroys the tch mite causing scabies.