University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Home Health Care
Paediatrics
Accession Number
1999.3.32 a-c
Description
Full clear plastic cylindrical container (a) of twenty round pink tablets has snap off white plastic cap (c) housed in original cardboard box with flap closures; cylinder has paper label wrapped fully around.
Full clear plastic cylindrical container (a) of twenty round pink tablets has snap off white plastic cap (c) housed in original cardboard box with flap closures; cylinder has paper label wrapped fully around.
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - vial - Length 8.0 cm x Diam 1.7 cm
b - box - Length 8.7 cm x Width 2.3 cm x Depth 2.3 cm
Based on the year G. T. Fulford Co. joined with Dodds, and the year pharmaceutical companies became required in Canada to list the ingredients of a medicine on the package.
Material
paper: tan
ink: black, pink, blue
plastic: clear, white
pills: pink
Inscriptions
Printed on box: 'Children's Own // Tablets a gentle laxative for children // 49 // A BABY'S OWN PRODUCT // 20 Tablets // DIRECTIONS: At bedtime as follows: Children // over 2 and up to 5 years, 1 tablet: 6 to 10 years, // 1 to 2 tablets; over 10 years, 2 to 3 tablets - // according to individual needs of the child. // G. T. FULFORD CO. DIVISION, // FULFORD DODD'S LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA"; on container: "No. 19586 the Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act // Lot No. C612"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-3 Row G
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Box has minor brown along one side and shows minor surface wear along edges
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Websites, book, periodical
Reference Comments
Ontario Heritage Trust, "About George T. Fulford": https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/properties/fulford-place/history/the-people
Russ Disotell, "Brockville: The River City", book, Dundurn, Oct. 15, 1997, 128 pages, pg. 89-98: https://books.google.ca/books?id=-FGoVUPS4tkC&dq=brockville+g.t.+fulford+co+limited&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Canadian Nurses' Association, "The Canadian Nurse", Vol. 59, No 6, June 1963, pg. 528: https://archive.org/details/canadiannurse061963cana/page/n25
Research Facts
Fulford Dodds Limited also produced the popular patent medicine, Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People, as well as Dodd's Kidney Pills.
George T. Fulford I was born in Brockville, Ontario in 1852, and made his fortune in the patent medicine business, namely with the product "Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People", the recipe of which he learned from Dr. William Jackson, its inventor. The company quickly expanded all over the world. The Fulford Family mansion in Brockville belongs to the Ontario Heritage Trust, and is protected for the people of Ontario.
This product was part of a line of "Baby's Own" and "Children's Own" products from the G. T. Fulford Co.that had a duck as the logo.
Exhibit History
On exhibit 100TH Anniversary of Public Health Canada, Ottawa L-2019-7 27 Nov – 2 Dec 2019