Case, Medicine

Object Name:

Case, Medicine

Object ID:

1993.039.14.09

Creator:

Upjohn Company -- Manufacturer

Place of Origin:

Kalamazoo, MI and New York, NY

Date:

1940-1950

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. Maker: The Upjohn Company.
1. Case. Black leather. Single snap closure. Tan leather interior, lined with blue velvet. Leather strap handle on top. 3.5" high, 10.5" long, 2.5" deep.
Pill bottles (2-21). All clear glass with metal screw caps, most labeled (printed, typed, or handwritten). All 3" high, 0.9" diameter:
2. Empty. Label, printed, "Anti-Constipation / (Upjohn)".
3. Contains white powder. Label, printed, "Migraine, Proferred / Green".
4. Empty. Label, printed, "Quinine Sulphate".
5. Contains gray powder residue. Label, printed, "Iodized Lime".
6. Contains white powder residue. Label, printed, "ACETYLNILID".
7. Empty. Label, printed, "Corrective Infants, No. 2".
8. Empty. (no label).
9. Contains brown residue. Label, printed "Caripeptic".
10. Contains green powder residue. Label, printed, "Fever (Davis)".
11. Contains pink powder residue. Label, printed "Calophen (Upjohn)".
12. Contains white powder residue. Label, printed "Cold (Upjohn)".
13. Empty. Label, typed, "Hexameth".
14. Empty. Label, printed, "Lupulin and Bromide Compound / Improved".
15. Contains white powder residue. Label, printed, "Eucophen (Upjohn)".
16. Contains pink residue. Label, printed, "Phenolax Wafers (Upjohn)".
17. Empty. Label, typed, "Catnep and Fenne"".
18. Empty. Label, typed, "Aconite Bin Iodide Co."
19. Empty. Label, handwritten, "Ext Bell gr 1/8".
20. Empty. Label, handwritten, " __ Aloe".
21. Empty. Label, printed, "Strychnine Sulphate / Special".

Material:

Metal
Glass
Leather

Dimensions:

H-3.5 L-10.5 D-2.5 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.

Dr. Thomas Cogswell of Warner, NH, recalls that his father, Dr. Lloyd H. Cogswell, had two such kits, and this is the newer one.

Credit Line:

Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society

People:

Cogswell, Lloyd H. (1879-1939)

Subjects:

Medical equipment & supplies, Pills, Pharmacists, Medicine