Drug sample kit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROMOTIONAL/VIALS
- DATE
- 1900–1920
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1989.0424.001
- MANUFACTURER
- WYETH & BROS.
- MODEL
- COMPRESSED TRITURATE
- LOCATION
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 11
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- GLASS VIAL WITH CORK STOPPER AND PAPER LABEL/ LEATHER CASE WITH VELVET LINING AND METAL HARDWARE
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.5 cm
- Width
- 9.5 cm
- Height
- 2.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Chemicals & medications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Wyeth
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- Philadelphia
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY FROM THE 1900S TO THE 1920S
- Canada
-
TYPE SAMPLE - Function
-
USED TO PROMOTE MEDICINES TO DOCTORS. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Printed on label ‘Compressed Triturate/ Aloin, Strych., Bel. et Ipecac./ Aloin 1-5gr., Strychnia 1-60 gr., Ext. Bellad./ 1-8 gr., Ipecac 1-16 gr.'/ Molded in wax on top of cork stopper: ‘WYETH & BRO/ PHIL'/ Molded in wax on top of cork stopper: ‘WYETH & BRO/ PHIL'/ Printed on case in gold: 'Dr R B Aylesworth/ Parkdale/ Compliments of/ G J Little'.
- Missing
- CONTENTS IN ONLY THREE OF THE TEN VIALS
- Finish
- GLASS VIAL WITH WHITE PAPER LABEL PRINTED WITH BLACK/ WINE LEATHER CASE WITH BROWN VELVET LINING AND GOLD PRINTING.
- Decoration
- N/A
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WYETH & BROS., Drug sample kit, circa 1900–1920, Artifact no. 1989.0424, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1989.0424.001/
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