Oral birth control in small square cream paper cardboard box (a) with closed lid; printed week calendar on side; hole cut in lid to allow dispensation of pill strips; contains rolled tape of plastic and metal foil packing (b); each pill square separated by serration for easy detachability; each bli…
Oral birth control in small square cream paper cardboard box (a) with closed lid; printed week calendar on side; hole cut in lid to allow dispensation of pill strips; contains rolled tape of plastic and metal foil packing (b); each pill square separated by serration for easy detachability; each blister section has a number for each pill, numbered from one to twenty, no missing pills; pill is contained by blister-style packaging.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 5.5 cm x Width 5.2 cm x Depth 2.6 cm
b - pill tape - Size: Length 39.3 cm x Width 1.9 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Provenance
Owned by Mrs. Linda Timlin of Janssen Ortho, Kingston, Ont.
(a) Printed on front: "ÉCHANTILLON MÉDICAL // NE DOIT PAS ÉTRE VENDU // PROFESSIONAL SAMPLE // NOT TO BE SOLD"
printed right: "For your personal rec- // ord, mark the calendar // 1 thorugh 20, beginning // with the day first tablet // is taken. Each number // and day you chart will // then correspond to tab- // let number on dis- // penser strip."; printed left: the calendar instructions in French
printed on the back: "S M T W T F S // D L M M J V S"; (b) printed, pill tablet front: "1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // 11 // 12 // 13 // 14 // 15 // 16 // 17 // 18 // 19 // 20"
printed, pill tablet back: "SYNTEX" on each; on pills 6 and 14: "SYNTEX // 1956045"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-B2-1 Row C
Condition Remarks
Box bent and worn, especially at lid; tape maintains curl from storage; Ink on exposed parts of tape has faded significantly while on exhibit
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Web site: history of oral contraceptives
Research Facts
Syntex was one of the first two companies to patent oral progesterone in the 1950s.
Exhibit History
On exhibit at Musée de la civilisation de Québec 14 oct 2016 – 31 Dec 2019
History of Contraception exhibit, Fraser-Armstrong 5, Kingston General Hospital; March 2004 - Case #3