Medication
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1942–1943
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0768.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Royal Canadian Navy Medical Research Unit
- MODEL
- B
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- cardboard box; cellophane tape; [gelatin ?] medical capsules
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 4.1 cm
- Height
- 2.8 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Research
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Defence CA
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- These pills never used. This type of medication tested in Winter, 1942-1942.
- 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, Toronto, ON. "During the winter of 1942-1943 the RCN Medical Research Unit was testing a seasickness remedy. Four compounds were tested of which "B" was the composition developed by that unit. The tests were done on LCT's- which were being used as troop transports en route for England. The tests were conducted between Boston and Halifax in a random blind test. In spite of this, approximately 20 surplus capsules from boxes "B" and "C"- the two that had active ingredients- disappeared from each of the ships. Pills of this composition were subsequently used in the Normandy Invasion." [Ref. 3] - Function
-
Experimental medication designed to remedy seasickness. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "B" printed by hand in red grease pencil on box front and back, and on both end flaps. UHN catalogue no. "972.12.6" printed by hand in pencil on box.
- Missing
- None evident.
- Finish
- Unbleached cardboard box; end flaps secured using cellophane tape; box contains approx. 30 pink [gelatin ?] capsules.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Royal Canadian Navy Medical Research Unit, Medication, circa 1942–1943, Artifact no. 2002.0768, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0768.002/
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