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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 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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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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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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plaque
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact24511
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV975.5.1006
- Description
- Red-stained wood rectangular signage plaque with hook for hanging in the middle of the top edge. Chinese characters and the numbers 1-70 are black-inked vertically from the top right corner to bottom left corner.
- Object History
- This item originates from the Chinese Herbalist Store “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.”, Victoria B.C. Plaque is the legend for the arrangement of apothecary drawers (HV975.5.2) used in at Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. and currently on display in the Burnaby Village Museum exhibit. Each drawer has Chinese words on the side and sequence of drawers was arranged according to The Thousand-Character Writing (QianZiWen). The Thousand-Character Text, is a Chinese poem that has been used as a primer for teaching Chinese characters to children from the sixth century onward. It contains exactly one thousand characters, each used only once, arranged into 250 lines of four characters apiece and grouped into four line rhyming stanzas to make it easy to memorize. It is sung in a way similar to children learning the Latin alphabet singing an "alphabet song." Along with the Three Character Classic and the Hundred Family Surnames, it formed the basis of literacy training in traditional China. There are some rules for allocating Chinese medicinal material into the apothecary drawers. Chinese medicinal materials are assigned into different drawers based on their scent and property in general. Usually Chinese medicinal material with similar property would be put together (in the same drawer or nearby). Processed Chinese medicinal materials are separated from minerals. The staff responsible for preparing the medicine for the patient should remember the location, content and the effect of the Chinese medicinal materials in order to have their work done efficiently.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E
- Measurements
- 30 cm height x 45 cm width
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samovar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact23354
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV976.225.2
- Description
- Metal Chinese tea samovar consisting of base, reservoir with tap, and lid; 3 Chinese characters placed vertically on reservoir; metal handles on base and on side of reservoir.
- Object History
- Samovar from the Kwong Chai Tong Herbalist shop, located at 122 East Pender Street in Vancouver's Chinatown. The business was founded in ca. 1915 by Lim Butt. The business was later ran by his son, Lim Bong. The samovar was situated on the counter of the shop, filled with an herbal brew which customers could pour off and drink for a small sum of money. The top portion is the resevoir for the Herbal tea. The lower portion is where the fire was in order to keep the tea warm. Vessel was used to store herbal tea which was offered to visitors for maintaining the balance of their body. Shen Nong is a deity in Chinese religion, a mythical sage ruler of prehistoric China; he has been thought to have taught the ancient Chinese not only their practices of agriculture, but also use of herbal drugs. “Shennong” can also be taken to refer to his people, the Shennong-shi (Shennong Clan). According to legend, tea was first discovered by Shennong over two thousand years ago. It is written in Classic of Tea that, "The tea drinking tradition began with Shen Nong and actively developed by the Duke of Zhou." Tea was used in ancient China. It is said that Shen Nong, the God of Medicine who tasted all herbs was poisoned by 72 different plants everyday. He relied on tea to neutralise the toxins. As for how he discovered this plant which can treat all sorts of ailments, there are many different versions.
- Classification
- Chemical T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Label contains 3 Chinese characters that are translate to: Shen Nong Cha (the God of Medicine’s tea). Product is a medicinal tea brand name which uses more than 10 types of herbs to make the tea. Consumed to relieve symptoms of a cold. Often consumed during the summer months to help someone stay cool.
- Measurements
- 60 cm height x 30 cm diameter
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medicinal jar
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact8973
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.1409.1
- Description
- Small, clear glass medicinal jar with circular base and gold-coloured, metal screw lid. The jar is full of orange-yellow coloured contents. Two, commerically printed paper labels are attached to the front and back of the jar, with some discolouration and wear on the edges of the front label. The front label is red, black, and yellow. The back label is yellow with black text.
- Classification
- Animal Husbandry T&E - - Veterinary Equipment
- Marks/Labels
- "George Bell's / ECZEMA / OINMENT / Manufactured by BELL & SONS (NORTHERN) LTD. / LIVERPOOL ENGLAND" printed in yellow on red, red on yellow, and yellow on black on the front label. "DIRECTIONS FOR USE / To avoid infection use rubber floves, if possible / when applying. Otherwise wash hands with / maximum thoroughness after handling dog. / Apply nightly for two weeks, first to base patches / then to all skin, parting the hair fot the purpose. / Lard, Petroleum Jelly, Betanaphthol, Acid Salicylic." printed in black on back, yellow label. "BELL & SONS (CANADA) LTD. / MONTREAL, CANADA - Printed in England" printed in black at the bottom of the back, yellow label. Discoloured, worn paper label attached to metal screw lid with black, illegible text.
- Measurements
- 7 cm height x 4.9 cm diameter
- Country Made
- England
- Site/City Made
- Liverpool
- Subjects
- Animal Husbandry Tools and Equipment
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botanical specimen
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact88647
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.7.19
- Description
- English Name: Snakegourd Root Chinese Pinyin Name: Tianhuafen (TianHuaFen) Physical Description: thin longitudinal slices of dried root, white; slightly irregular rectangular shapes with horizontal rippling; surfaces are dotted in places; some pieces broken Production Regions: Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Shanxi. Functions: Clears heat, drains fire, engenders fluid, stops thirst, expels pus, eliminates swelling. Apply to thirst due to heat, diabetes, jaundice, hemoptysis due to dryness of lung, swelling abscess, hemorrhoid fistula. As for apply to diabetes, often combined with medicinal material, which can nourish yin, to achieve the effect.
- 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.
- 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=B00104
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