General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PAPER OUTER WRAPPING; CARDSTOCK CONTAINER; CHEMICAL PILLS

Dimensions

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

Length

12.5 cm

Width

N/A

Height

4.5 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

DUBOIS

Country

France

State/Province

Unknown

City

Paris

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PROBABLY MFD. IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 20TH C

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF PATENT MEDICINE PACKAGING FOUND IN CANADA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH C. THIS BOX WAS FOUND IN STORAGE AT ASTLEY'S PHARMACY ON LAURIER ST. IN THE SANDY HILL DISTRICT OF OTTAWA AFTER THE STORE WAS SOLD IN 1991 [REF 1]

Function

USED TO HOLD AND STORE PILLS

Technical

EXAMPLE OF PACKAGING AND TYPE OF PATENT MEDICINE MFD IN THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH C

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTING ON PACKAGE INCLUDES: ' COLLO-IODE/ COLLO IODE DUBOIS/ COMBINAISON VEGETALO-IODIQUE COLLOIDALE/ SOLUTION CONCENTREE & TITREE/.../ 20 GOUTTES DE COLLO-IODE DUBOISCONTIENNENT/ 5 CENTIGRAMMES D'IODE COMBINE/ EMPLOI: Sauf indications du Medecin la dose/ moyenne et journaliere est de 10 a 40 Gouttes et plus/ Suivant les affections a traiter/ NO 606/ La loi des Medicaments Brevetes ou "PROPRIETARY"/ H. DUBOIS, Ph en 7 Rue Jadin PARIS/ Depot General pour le Canada: ROUGIER FRES MONTREAL/...'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LIGHT BROWN PAPER WITH RED AND BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

DECORATIVE DESIGN ON OUTSIDE EDGES OF WRAPPING