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Type of Object
Bottle, drug
Date of Manufacture
1900-1940
Physical Details
Glass pill bottle with stainless steel cap, containing tablets of Sodium Chloride (salt). Bottle body is made of thick, slightly uneven glass with many air pockets, circular in shape on the outside, and taller than wide. Capped by a stainless steel top, screw-type, with a slight ridged grip at the top, curving slightly outward. Sized to fit in a loop inside of a medicine kit (1985.19.11a). Outer label, typewritten and affixed with tape, reads: "SOD CHLORIDE 1 to 4 oz. H2O." Contains a number of round, flat tablets.
Dimensions (L x W x H)
10.5 cm. x 3 cm. x 3 cm.
Medical Subject
Drug Packaging
Accession Number
1985.19.11c
Genre
medical equipment
Local Genre
medical artifact
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
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Collection
Medical Artifacts Collection
Source
Original object: Large Glass Pill Bottle, VCU Health Sciences Library Medical Artifacts. Special Collections and Archives, VCU Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.
File Name
mar00143.jpg
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2010.