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medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8968
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1404.1
- Description
- Empty clear glass bottle with paper label and black metal screw-on lid. Bottle has a rectangular base. Some foreign paper is stuck to the label and bottle.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label marked " WONDER / OIL / FOR INTERNAL / AND EXTERNAL / USE". Company info. included. Black text on white label with black trim. Measurements embossed into glass in both cubic centimetres and some other measurement which may be fluid ounces.
- Measurements
- 9.5 cm height x 4 cm width x 3 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Manitoba
- Site/City Made
- Winnipeg
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medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact13195
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.4569.1
- Description
- Long, rectangular, cardboard box, pink in colour. The box contains instructions and a clear glass bottle with a screw cap. The box is labelled on five sides, commerically printed, with black text. Clear glass bottle, with oval base and light pink metal screw cap. The bottle is almost full of dark brown liquid. Rectangular, pink, paper label is attached to the front, commercially printed, with black text. The back features embossed text.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "Lydia E. Pinkham" printed in black script under image of portrait of woman and floral design. "LYDIA E. / PINKHAM'S / VEGETABLE / COMPOUND / WITH VITAMIN B1 / (THIAMIN)" printed in black at centre of label. Followed by the patent number and a description of its uses, directions for use, and distribution information. Label is enclosed by rectangular, floral design. Back features the same above label text, in French. Left and right side labels describe uses of compound, description of uses of Vitamin B1, and directions for use. One side in French and the other in English. Bottle features commercially printed, pink paper label with black text with the same information as the front of the box, in French and English. Text is enclosed by rectangular, floral design. "LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S / MEDICINE" embossed vertically on the back of the bottle.
- Measurements
- Box: 7 cm height x 10.3 cm width x 22.7 cm length Bottle: 6 cm height x 8.5 cm width x 21.2 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Cobourg
medicinal bottle with box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30182
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.101.1
- Description
- Small clear tear-drop shaped glass bottle with silver screw-top metal cap filled with what appear to be pink sugar-coated tablets. Label indicates "CHAMBERLAIN'S / TABLETS / ONE FOR A LAXATIVE / TWO FOR A MILD PHYSIC / THREE FOR AN ACTIVE CATHARTIC" which is repeated in French, followed by "No. 12699 PROPRIETARY OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT / PREPARED ONLY BY / CHAMBERLAIN MEDICINE CO,, / LIMITED / MANUFACTURING PHARMACISTS / TORONTO, ONT., CANADA". Black lettering on a white paper comercial label. Thin cardboard box. Original colour was orange, but has faded to yellow.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label indicates "CHAMBERLAIN'S / TABLETS / ONE FOR A LAXATIVE / TWO FOR A MILD PHYSIC / THREE FOR AN ACTIVE CATHARTIC" which is repeated in French, followed by "No. 12699 PROPRIETARY OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT / PREPARED ONLY BY / CHAMBERLAIN MEDICINE CO,, / LIMITED / MANUFACTURING PHARMACISTS / TORONTO, ONT., CANADA". Black lettering on a white paper comercial label. Thin cardboard box. Original colour was orange, but has faded to yellow. Black text, red star design. Text in English and French.
- Measurements
- Bottle: 6 cm height x 4 cm width x 1.5 cm depth
- Box: 6.5 cm height x 4.0 cm width x 2.1 cm depth
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
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medicinal vial
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30751
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.2.13
- Description
- Clear glass vial with cork stopper. Instruction sheet wrapped around vial. Vial and sheet wrapped in beige paper packaging. Vial "Humphreys' No. Seventy Seven".
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Printed in black on beige paper outer wrapper: "HUMPHREYS' / No. Seventy / Seven / Colds, Grippe / Influenza, Catarrh, Pains / & Sorreness in Head & Chest. / Cough , Sore Throat / & General, Prostration & Fever / Summer Colds, / Rose Catarrh." signature "F Humphreys M.D. / Humphreys' Homeo Medicine Co. / New York / Made in U.S.A / Average Contents 142 Pellets / 77 Ars.i-Allium. c-Lach-Gels Amer.Homeopathic Phar. / Reg U.S. Pat.Off".
- Measurements
- 1 cm dia. x 6.5 cm
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Title
- Humphrey's No. Seventy Seven
medicinal vial
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30755
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV972.2.17
- Description
- Clear glass vial with cork stopper. Instruction sheet wrapped around vial. Vial and sheet wrapped in beige paper packaging. Vial appears to be empty. Vial "Humphrey's Homoepathic No.22".
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Paper label black print on beige labelled: "Humphreys' / Homeopathic / No. 22 / -logo women and lion - Reg U.S. Pat. Off. / EAR DISCHARGES / signature - F. Humphfreys' M.D / Humphreys' Homeopathic Medicinal Co. / New York" Written down the label on side "Average Contents 142 Pellets / 22 Hep. s ---Silic--Puls-- Amer. Homeopathic Phar."
- Measurements
- 0.75 cm dia x 6.5 cm
- Country Made
- United States of America
- Province Made
- New York
- Site/City Made
- New York
- Title
- Humphrey's Homoepathic No. 22
booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact46815
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.6116.1
- Description
- Helpful Hints for Housekeepers - Pamphlet -- [1924]. Small booklet produced by The Dodds Medicine Company Ltd, which is volume XIV of the Helpful Hints for Housekeepers. The booklet provides household information about kitchen rearranging and health remedies using common household products along with information on the Dodds Medicine products. On the back side of the cover are advertisements for The Dodds Medicine products.
- Marks/Labels
- Helpful Hints for Housekeepers Compliments of the Dodds Medicine Co. Limited
- Title
- Helpful Hints for Housekeepers
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booklet
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact19382
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV977.37.34
- Description
- Helpful Hints for Housekeepers - Pamphlet -- [1915]. Small booklet produced by The Dodds Medicine Company Ltd, which is volume 5 of the Helpful Hints for Housekeepers. The booklet provides household information about kitchen rearranging and health remedies using common household products. On the back side of the cover are advertisements for The Dodds Medicine products.
- Object History
- From the family home of Thomas Seaborn McNair and Mary Vida (nee McMillan) McNair who lived on West 33rd Avenue in Vancouver. Thomas McNair ran Edwards, McNair and Russell, an established estate agent business.
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88669
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.41
- Description
- mandarin orange peel (Citrus Nobilis); used to sooth the stomach, to aid digestion, to discharge mucus
- Object History
- Collection of original raw contents of the Chinese Herbalist Shop, Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee, Victoria BC, as purchased from Rodney Pain in 1974. Orange Peel is used as a traditional seasoning in Chinese cooking and in traditional medicine. Today, orange peel essential oil is a common beauty product used around the world.
- Reference
- Keys, John D. "Chinese Herbs". Rutland: Charles E Tuttle Company, Inc., 1976.
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88675
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.47
- Description
- English Name: Cassia bark tree Twig Chinese Pinyin Name: Guizhi (GuiZhi) Physical Description: twigs, short, light brown, varying thicknesses, with some ridging and wrinkling along their lengths; some have short pieces branching off, some show a scar where a branching piece has broken off; some are cut or broken to blunt ends, others have bark missing at end, some have protruding bark ends with no wood inside Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi. Functions: Promotes sweating, resolves the flesh, warms and frees the channels and vessels, assists yang in transforming qi, downbears qi. Apply to wind-cold type of common cold, abdominal cold pain, amenorrhea due to cold blood, joint impediment, phlegm and retained fluid, edema, palpitations, renal mass.
- Object History
- Collection of original raw contents of the Chinese Herbalist Shop, Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee, Victoria BC, as purchased from Rodney Pain in 1974. Cassia bark twig is also known as Chinese cinnamon and has been used in Chinese medicine for centuries. Most of the cinnamon sold in Canada’s supermarkets is Chinese cinnamon.
- Reference
- Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database, School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University. URL: http://libproject.hkbu.edu.hk/was40/detail?channelid=47953&lang=eng&searchword=pid=B00138 Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu), 2003; Taiwan Herbal Pharmacopeia, 2014.
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bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3306
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV989.34.1
- Description
- Chinese medicine bottle, clear glass, very slight greenish-blue tinge.
- Object History
- This artifact was dug up in Burnaby near Deer Lake.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact10793
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV999.41.2
- Description
- Chinese medicine bottle, clear glass, very slight greenish-blue tinge; small chip at top; no stopper; soil residue inside
- Object History
- This artifact was found during construction of replacement foundations of Estate Cottage building at Fairacres (now Burnaby Art Gallery). It was found in 1998 during the restoration project.
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
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box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24133
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.628
- Description
- Box, made of paper. Small and rectanglar. Black in color with a patterned border around it. Has colorful fabric attached to lid. Contains medicine wrapped in red paper.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Measurements
- 1cm height x 5cm length x 2cm depth
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chicken fountain
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33904
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV991.15.3
- Description
- Device for watering chickens; ceramic, "Medalta Potteries, Medicine Hat, Alberta"; beige, stoneware; flat dish base is missing
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instructions
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact3534
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV988.6.141
- Description
- Instructions for medicine dosage, two; small rectangular slips of pink paper, black print; "Directions for taking Cachets." "Dip the cachet in water, then place it upon the tongue and swallow with a drink of water."
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medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16762
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.54
- Description
- 2 fluid ounce clear glass rectangular bottle with metal screw cap containing a small amount of amber liquid. Raised glass lettering on all four sides, running top to bottom. Front of bottle indicates "DR. S.N. THOMAS' /NO 5520 THE PROPRIETARY / OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT / ECLECTRIC OIL". Back of bottle indicates "NORTHORP & / LYMAN CO.LIMITED / TORONTO,CANADA" with "2 FL.OZS." embossed along the bottom of the back. Left side of the bottle indicates "EXTERNAL". Right side of bottle indicates "INTERNAL".
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Raised glass lettering on all four sides, running top to bottom. Front of bottle indicates "DR. S.N. THOMAS' /NO 5520 THE PROPRIETARY / OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT / ECLECTRIC OIL". Back of bottle indicates "NORTHORP & / LYMAN CO.LIMITED / TORONTO,CANADA" with "2 FL.OZS." embossed along the bottom of the back. Left side of the bottle indicates "EXTERNAL". Right side of bottle indicates "INTERNAL".
- Measurements
- 13 cm x height x 4.75 cm width x 2.25 cm depth
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Toronto
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medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30192
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.101.11
- Description
- Cardboard box with slip-case lid. Top of the slip-case lid has a white commercial paper label with blue lettering "Cascarets / BRAND / 36 LAXATIVE TABLETS 50 c / "THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP" / STERLING PRODUCTS LIMITED / WINDSOR - ONTARIO / No. 629 Prop. or Pat. Medicine Act". "Cascarets" is displayed in a distinctive script. Bottom of the slip-case lid shows directions for use, including adult and children's dose along with cautions for use stenciled directly on the sleeve. "50" has been written black grease pencil on the top right corner of the lid label. Box is full of dark brown tablets.
- Reference
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/advert/id/343
- http://www.brianrxm.com/comdir/cnstokmed_cascarets.htm
- https://candyprofessor.com/2010/03/15/cascarets-candy-cathartic/
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Top of the slip-case lid has a white commercial paper label with blue lettering "Cascarets / BRAND / 36 LAXATIVE TABLETS 50 c / "THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP" / STERLING PRODUCTS LIMITED / WINDSOR - ONTARIO / No. 629 Prop. or Pat. Medicine Act". "Cascarets" is displayed in a distinctive script. Bottom of the slip-case lid shows directions for use, including adult and children's dose along with cautions for use stenciled directly on the sleeve. "50" has been written black grease pencil on the top right corner of the lid label.
- Measurements
- 1.75 cm height x 6.5 cm width x 9.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Windsor
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medicinal box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact30193
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV973.101.12
- Description
- Cardboard box with slip-case lid and package insert. Top of the slip-case lid has a white commercial paper label with blue lettering "Cascarets / BRAND / 36 LAXATIVE TABLETS 50 c / "THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP" / STERLING PRODUCTS LIMITED / WINDSOR - ONTARIO / No. 629 Prop. or Pat. Medicine Act". "Cascarets" is displayed in a distinctive script. Bottom of the slip-case lid shows directions for use, including adult and children's dose along with cautions for use stenciled directly on the sleeve. Box is full of dark brown tablets.
- Reference
- http://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/cdm/ref/collection/advert/id/343
- http://www.brianrxm.com/comdir/cnstokmed_cascarets.htm
- https://candyprofessor.com/2010/03/15/cascarets-candy-cathartic/
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Top of the slip-case lid has a white commercial paper label with blue lettering "Cascarets / BRAND / 36 LAXATIVE TABLETS 50 c / "THEY WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP" / STERLING PRODUCTS LIMITED / WINDSOR - ONTARIO / No. 629 Prop. or Pat. Medicine Act". "Cascarets" is displayed in a distinctive script. Bottom of the slip-case lid shows directions for use, including adult and children's dose along with cautions for use stenciled directly on the sleeve.
- Measurements
- 1.75 cm height x 6.5 cm width x 9.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Windsor
opium bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact85450
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV015.23.1
- Description
- Small shouldered bottle with a lip and it would have had a cork. The body of the bottle is cracked
- Object History
- These items were found under the Ceperley House Gardener's/Chauffeurs Cottage during repairs in the 1990's.
- Category
- 04.Tools & Equipment for Materials
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Object Term
- Bottle, Medicine
- Measurements
- Measurements: diameter of bottle 1.9 cm, diameter of neck 1.1 cm. height 4.6 cm
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Pill box
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact90317
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV020.11.1
- Description
- A cardboard box of "Dr. William's Pink Pills", with pills still inside. One side of the package is in English and the other in French. The top and bottom of the box are pink, and folded with flaps. The top reads 'Wartime package adopted Jan 1943" and "GT Fulford Limited Brockville Ont. Direction Booklet Inside This End." The fronts and sides of of the rectangular package is black with black and pink text in a white oval shape. The text reads "No. 19327 Proprietary of Patent Medicine Act / Dr. William's Pink Pills / A Tonic for the Blood and Nerves / with Iron and Vitamin B1 / Contents 50 pills." The side oval has text that reads: "Directions: 2 pills 3 times a day after of with meals. See booklet inside for complete directions. Each pill contains 1/200 grain Strychnine, 35 International Units Vitamin B1, 15 milligrams assimilable iron.
- Object History
- This item likely originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Victoria B.C.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E - - Medical Accessories
- Colour
- Black
- White
- Pink
- Measurements
- 4 cm l x 6 cm h x 1.75 cm d
- Maker
- Dr. Williams
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Brockville
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plaque
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24506
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1002
- Description
- Oval plaque with black background; hand with "thumb up" in blue circle in middle surrounded by red line and semicircular red banner; white rectangle at bottom. Gold-coloured Chinese characters are on black background, blue central circle, red semicircular banner, and bottom white rectangle. Back side has crumbled labels including orange rectangular label containing black Chinese characters.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C. Based on preliminary research, the speculation is that the sign shows that WSYWK sold patent medicines from this company. The Chinese characters seem to be suggest that "this shop sells" and "the medicine is of excellent quality" as well as the company's name.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Chinese characters show company called Chan Quan Ge, which is located on Zhong Xing Jie of Gong Yi Bu.
- Measurements
- 30 cm height x 45 cm width
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