General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

glass bottle/ metal cap with rubber insert

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

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Width

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Height

8.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

3.2 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Dentistry

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Winthrop

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Windsor

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1950's

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum.

Function

Used in dentistry as an anesthetic.

Technical

Novocaine was first synthesized in 1898. It was the first injectable synthesized local anesthetic.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Print on front of bottle reads: "1 OUNCE/ N-309/ NOVOCAIN/ SUPRARENIN/ SOLUTION E/ NOVOCAIN 2%/ PROCANE HCL.USP/ SUPRARENIN 1:20,000/ (EPINEPHRINE)/ Read Accompanying Circular/ WINDSOR/ Winthrop/ ONTARIO/ LABORATORIES/ OF CANADA LTD."/ Green painted print on back of bottle reads: "Each 1 cc contains/ Novocain (Procaine HCL,U.S.P.) 2.0 mg/ Suprarenin (as bitartrate) 0.05 mg/ Sodium Chloride 2 mg/ Potassium Sulfate 2.7 mg/ Sodium Bisulfite not more than 2 mg/ Chlorobutanol 0.25%"/ Other markings read: "(L) DS 387/ Made in Canada"/ Embossed on bottom of bottle: "T.C.W. CO./ U.S.A./ 4"/ Handwritten in white ink on bottom of bottom by U.H.N. reads: "975.8.35"/

Missing

N/A

Finish

brown tinted glass bottle with a small neck and metal cap/ Metal cap has a rubber insert at the top to allow the needle to pierce through it to take in the medication/ Green paint on glass for label

Decoration

N/A