ca. 1939-1944
Medical Museum Collection, Box 58
A collection of Japanese medicines, donated by John B. White, M.D., in January 1945. The collection includes: 1) a brown paper carton wrapped in cellophane, containing Bagnon, which is caffeine and urethane in saline solution, 2) blue cardboard container which holds ten 2-cc ampules of an unidentified liquid, with printed instruction sheet, 3) black enamel canister of boric acid ointment, 4) shoe-box size purple cardboard box, which holds forty-nine 10-cc ampules of acriflarine and printed instructions, 5) three packages of cotton gauze, one wrapped in paper, one in oilcloth, and one unwrapped, 6) a canister of powder for use in a gas attack, 7) one ampule with a rubber cap, contents unknown, 8) amber glass bottle of liver extract, corked and sealed, 9) sealed cardboard container of calcium lacticum, and 10) a round cardboard container of Magnesia Usta, sealed.
One of two digital photographs (with 77-297_10_11b.jpg) of an assortment of Japanese medicines arranged on a gray counter. A ruler has been placed in the foreground for size comparison.