Medication
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- OBJECT TYPE
- chemical/solid
- DATE
- 1955–1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.1206.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Acetyl Salicylic Acid Compound
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Glass bottle with a metal cap, and containing acetyl salicylic acid tablets. Bouteille en verre avec un couvercle en métal et contenant comprimés d'acide salicylique.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 4.9 cm
- Width
- 3.2 cm
- Height
- 10.9 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Alberta
- Period
- ca. 1955-1975
- Canada
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Based on their markings, the two bottles were most likely made in Montreal’s Pointe St. Charles plant of the Dominion Glass Company, in March-April, between 1955 and 1975. Once filled with aspirin and milk of magnesia respectively, the larger and smaller bottles were issued by the Central Medical Stores of the Department of Veterans Affairs of Canada. The recipient presumably lived in Alberta as the bottles were recovered in an Edmonton office of the federal government. Selon leurs marques, les deux bouteilles ont probablement été fabriquées à l’usine de Pointe St. Charles de la Dominion Glass Company, à Montréal, en mars-avril, entre 1955 et 1975. Une fois remplies d’aspirine et de lait de magnésie respectivement, les bouteilles plus grandes et plus petites ont été émises par les magasins médicaux centraux du ministère des Anciens Combattants du Canada. Le destinataire vivait vraisemblablement en Alberta, car les bouteilles ont été récupérées dans un bureau du gouvernement fédéral à Edmonton. - Function
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A medication used to treat headaches, fever and pain. Un médicament utilisé pour traiter les maux de tête, la fièvre et la douleur. - Technical
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This is a sample of medical packaging from the third quarter of the 20th century in Canada. Packaging had progressed from corked glass vials to bottles that were easier to open and re-seal, such as these two pill bottles featuring a metal screw top. This facilitated the longer-term storage and use of medication. If made by Dominion Glass, the bottles are a sample of the extensive and long-running manufacturing activity of this company in Canada (with four plants at the mid-century mark, in Montreal’s Pointe St. Charles, QC, in Hamilton and Wallaceburg, ON, and in Redcliff, AB). The contents of the bottle (aspirin and milk of magnesia) were everyday medical compounds that were commonly used in 20th-century Canada for relieving headaches and for alleviating constipation or indigestion, respectively. Voici un échantillon d’emballages médicaux du troisième quart du XXe siècle au Canada. L’emballage est passé de flacons en verre bouchonné à des flacons plus faciles à ouvrir et à refermer, tels que ces deux flacons à comprimés dotés d’un couvercle à vis en métal. Cela a facilité l’entreposage et l’utilisation à long terme des médicaments. Si elles sont fabriquées par Dominion Glass, les bouteilles sont un échantillon de l’activité de fabrication étendue et de longue durée de cette entreprise au Canada (avec quatre usines au milieu du siècle, à Pointe St. Charles, QC, à Hamilton et Wallaceburg, ON, et à Redcliff, AB). Le contenu de la bouteille (aspirine et lait de magnésie) était des composés médicaux quotidiens couramment utilisés au Canada au XXe siècle pour soulager les maux de tête et pour soulager la constipation ou l’indigestion, respectivement. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the label on the proper front: "Tablet/ ACETYL/ SALICYLIC/ ACID COMPOUND/ For headaches, grippe,/ fever, pain in muscles and/ bones, and for menstrual/ disturbances./ Directions: - One or two/ tablets four times daily/ for adults; down to half/ a tablet for child of five/ years. The tablets are to/ be taken with a hot drink./ Causes sweating./ CENTRAL MEDICAL/ STORES/ DEPT. OF VETERANS/ AFFAIRS"/ Moulded into the bottom of the bottle: "3/ L [D set in diamiond shape] O/ 4/ 3073"
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- The bottle is brown transparent glass with a black cap and has a white label with black text. The bottle contains white tablets. La bouteille est en verre transparent brun avec un couvercle noir et une étiquette blanche avec un texte noir. La bouteille contient des comprimés blancs.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Medication, circa 1955–1975, Artifact no. 2010.1206, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.1206.001/
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