Summary
Made by Parke, Davis & Company, 1941. Used circa 1941. Used in the pharmacy of a Victorian mental health hospital. Pepsin was given to improve digestion when a patient's natural pepsin secretion was deficient.
Physical Description
Small, dark brown, glass medicine jar, labelled 'Pepsin'. Has round base, straight sides, rounded shoulder, broad, fairly short neck, thick, protruding rim and cork sealed in with wax and with brand label on top. Jar appears unopened with 1.4 pounds (635g) of white crystallline material inside.
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Manufacturer
Parke, Davis & Co., Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1941
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Place & Date Used
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Inscriptions
MEDICAMENTA/VERA (with insignia) printed on paper label on top of cork; P.D. & Co./239 - embossed on base '1.4 POUND / PEPSIN / P.D. & CO. / 1:2500 / PARKE, DAVIS & CO. / SYDNEY'
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - pharmacy, Pharmaceuticals
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
6 cm (Length), 16 cm (Height), 452.7 g (Weight)
Total weight includes packaging and label.
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References
Martindale. The extra pharmacopoeia, 26th ed. London. Pharmaceutical Press. 1972.
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Keywords
Pharmaceuticals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
