Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

SQUIBB

Date Range From

1900

Date Range To

1930

Materials

CARDBOARD, STEEL, PAPER

No. Pieces

2

Description

1. BOX: 10.8CM (L) X 5.5CM (W) X 5.5CM (H). WHITE CARDBOARD BOX HAS GREEN OUTLINES AND OPEN BY A FOLDED FLAP AT TWO ENDS. ONE FLAP READS IN BROWN "OPEN OTHER END", OPPOSITE SIDE READS IN BROWN "(TOP-OPEN HERE) 1/4 LB. ETHER SQUIBB FOR ANESTHESIA". ON ONE LONG SIDE IT READS IN RED "INFLAMMABLE POISON 1/4LB. LIST 40820 ETHER SQUIBB" THEN HAS INFORMATION AND AN ANTIDOTE. BELOW IN BROWN IT READS "E.R.SQUIBB & SONS OF CANADA, LTD. MONTREAL, CANADA". ON TOP OF THIS WRITING IN GREEN IT READS "COPPER PROTECTED". ON SIDE BELOW THIS IN BROWN IS A NOTE AND A CAUTION. NEXT SIDE HAS A HISTORY OF SQUIBB ETHER IN BROWN. THE LAST SIDE TELLS OF THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCT AND IN RED AT THE BOTTOM READS "THE RED PRINTING ON THIS CARTON HAS BEEN ADOPTED TO COMPLY WITH EXISTING LAWS.". ARE SOME MINOR SURFACE DIRT AND STAINS ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. EDGES ARE WORN, ESPECIALLY ON FLAPS. 2. CAN: 9.9CM (H) X 5.2CM (D). WHITE STEEL CYLINDER HAS THREE RINGS ON THE BOTTOM WITH EACH ONE SLIGHTLY INDENTED FROM THE OUTER ONE. TOP HAS CIRCULAR GROOVES WHICH ARE SLIGHTLY CONVEX. MIDDLE HAS TUBE WITH RAISED EDGE, HAS CAP THAT IS RAISED IN THE MIDDLE IN A SQUARE. THIS HAS FOUR HOLES PUNCHED INTO THE TOP. AROUND CAN IS WHITE PAPER WITH A BROWN STRIP ON TOP AND BOTTOM. TOP HAS GOLD LOGO WHICH READS IN GREEK COLUMNS "RELIABILITY-UNIFORMITY-PURITY-EFFICACY-E.R.SQUIBB & SONS" WITH "REGISTERED TRADEMARK" WRITTEN ON BOTH SIDES. THE REST IS THE EXACT SAME MESSAGES AS ON BOX IN DIFFERENT ORDERS WRITTEN IN PINK, GREEN, AND BROWN. THE ONE ADDITION IS A BLUE STAMP WHICH READS BESIDE "CONTROL:", "5K30446". HAS SOME BUILD-UP ALONG TOP AND BOTTOM OF CAN. CAN IS DENTED ON SIDE.

Subjects

CONTAINER

MEDICAL & DENTAL T&E

Historical Association

HEALTH SERVICES

History

ETHER SQUIBB USED FOR ANESTHESIA IN EARLY 1900'S IN LETHBRIDGE. ETHER WAS DRAINED FROM CAN BY PUNCHING CAP TO MAKE SURE THAT NO PEROXIDES HAD FORMED (WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPLOSIVE). CAN CAME WITH A CORK WHICH HAS BEEN MISPLACED. USED BY AGNES SHORT WHO WAS A NURSE IN LETHBRIDGE. SHE HELPED WITH THE FIRST POLIO VACCINATIONS IN LETHBRIDGE. WAS PART OF THE HEALTH CLINIC FOR TWENTY YEARS AND RETIRED IN 1970. SHE DIED ON OCT 20, 1994 FROM CANCER AT THE REGIONAL HOSPITAL. HER FATHER WAS WILLIAM H. SHORT WHO WAS THE LAST FIRE CHIEF OF THE OLD #1 FIREHALL. HAS BEEN DONATED IN AGNES C. SHORT'S MEMORY, C/O SEAN DERRICK.

Catalogue Number

P19950007000

Acquisition Date

1995-02

Collection

Museum

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