Bag, Medicine

Object Name:

Bag, Medicine

Object ID:

1993.039.14.06

Creator:

Upjohn Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Kalamazoo, MI and New York, NY

Date:

circa 1930

Description:

Doctor's medicine case, used by Dr. L. H. Cogswell, Warner, NH. Leather case holding 20 pill bottles, each held in a leather loop. Each bottle is glass with metal screw cap, and each is labelled. Card inside which lists all the medicines. Two dispensing envelopes also in case. Maker: "The Upjohn Company / Maker of Fine Pharmaceuticals / Kalamazoo, Mich. New York, U.S.A."
1. Case. Brown and black leather. Snap front closure. Lined in purple velvet. Two pull-out
flaps.
Pill bottles (2-21). Each is clear glass with metal screw top, 3" high, 0.75" diameter:
2. Empty. Label "PHENOLAX WAFERS / (UPJOHN)".
3. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "HINCKLES".
4. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "BARBITOL / GRES V".
5. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "Cough. #4".
6. Empty. Label, "STRYCHNINE SULPHATE", and "POISON".
7. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "COMPOUND CATHARTIC".
8. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "PAPAYANS".
9. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "CORYZA".
10. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "FORMIN GRS V".
11. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "CALCIUM IODIDE / GRS T".
12. Contains 1 pill. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "DIASTO /
PAPAYANS".
13. Empty. Label, printed, "COLD SPECIAL, NO.1".
14. Empty. Label, printed, "SORE THROAT".
15. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "Quinine GRS ii".
16. Empty. Label, printed, "DIARRHEA PELLETS".
17. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "MIGRAINE".
18. Empty. Label, printed, "CALOMEL AROMATIC".
19. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "DIARRHOEA".
20. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "DYSPEPTIC".
21. Empty. Label, handwritten on L.H. Cogswell label, "FORMIN / GRS V".
Papers in case (22-24):
22. Contents card, Upjohn Co.
23. Dispensing envelope, L. H. Cogswell, M.D.
24. Dispensing envelope, L. H. Cogswell, M.D.

Material:

Glass
Metal
Leather
Velvet
Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.5 W-3.5 L-10.25 inches

Provenance:

From the object collection of the New Hampshire Medical Society, including medicine bottles, doctor's kits, and other medical equipment used in New Hampshire, 18th through 20th century.

This medicine case was used by Dr. L. H. Cogswell, Warner, NH.

Credit Line:

Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society

Subjects:

Medical equipment & supplies, Pharmacists, Medicine, Pills