Medical instruments and apparatus

Park Davis & Co. Pharmaceutical Nursing Drug Kit

  • 1910s

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A black leather pouch containing 11 vials of various pharmaceutical tablets. Five vials are empty, and one vial is missing.

The vials are labeled:
Hypodermatic tablets No. 5, (Cocaine hydrochlorate);
Hypodermatic tablets No. 70 (Strychnine sulphate);
Hypodermatic Tablets No. 9 (Digitalin pure);
Hypodermatic tablets No, 13 (Morphine sulphate);
Hypodermatic tablets No. 64 (Nitroglycerin) (Glonolin);
Hypodermatic Tablets No..16 (Morphine and Atropine);
Hypodermatic Tablets No. 43 (Atropine sulphate);
Hydromatic Tablets No. 2 (Apomorphine hydrochlorate);
Hypodermatic Tablets No. 70 (Strychnine sulphate);
Hypodermatic tablets No. 72 (Strychnine Nitrate);
Hypodermatic Tablets No. 136 (Nitroglycerine, Digitalin and Strychnine).

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Gift of Judy Boehlert.
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  • 3.6 in W x 3.25 in H
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 6W27.4 Pharmaceutical Box 5 Tray A

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Science History Institute. Park Davis & Co. Pharmaceutical Nursing Drug Kit. Photograph, 2022. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/50vj3tj.

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