Vial, medicine

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OBJECT TYPE: PHYSICIANS' SAMPLE
DATE: 1900
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0376.007

MANUFACTURER: WRIGHT, R. & G.A.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 7
Total Parts: 23
AKA: laxative
Patents: N/A
General Description: GLASS VIAL WITH CORK STOPPER & PAPER LABEL/ CHEMICAL IN VIAL

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.5 cm
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: 1.3 cm
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Medical Technology
Category: Chemicals & medications
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Wright
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: Philadelphia

Context

Country: North America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: LATE PART OF 19C INTO 20C
Canada: TYPE SAMPLE OF DRUGS USED BY CANADIAN PHYSICIANS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.
Function: USED AS AN ADVERTISEMENT BY DRUG COMPANIES - PROVIDED SAMPLES OF VARIOUS DRUGS TO THE PHYSICIANS TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THEIR PRODUCTS.
Technical: SHOWS PRODUCTS WHICH WOULD NEVER BE USED ON HUMANS IN THE 1990'S WHICH WERE STANDARD, ACCEPTABLE CHOICES IN THE EARLY 1900'S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: [HANDWRITTEN LABEL] "Pulv. Colocynth" (Laxative)
Missing: N/A
Finish: UNCOLOURED GLASS VIAL
Decoration: N/A

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WRIGHT, R. & G.A., Vial, medicine, circa 1900, Artifact no. 1989.0376, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0376.007/

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