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Chamberlain's Tablets
- Material
- PAPER-CARDBOARD;
- Description
- A: Small glass bottle filled with pink tablets. On one side there is a lable that reads: "Chamberlain's Tablets One for a Laxative Two for a Mild Physic Three for an Active Cathartic" and then it repeats in French.
B: Orange cardboard box with black writing and a red star on box. Front of box rea…
- Manufacturer
- Standard Laboratories, Ltd.
- Category
- PERSONAL OBJECTS
- Sub-Category
- PERSONAL GEAR
- Place Of Manufacture
- Canada: Toronto, Ontario
- Description
- A: Small glass bottle filled with pink tablets. On one side there is a lable that reads: "Chamberlain's Tablets One for a Laxative Two for a Mild Physic Three for an Active Cathartic" and then it repeats in French.
B: Orange cardboard box with black writing and a red star on box. Front of box reads 'Chamberlain's Tablets A Pleasant Physic Standard Laboratories, Ltd. Distributors Toronto, Ontario, Canada Price 35 cts'. There is a red star in the left corner of the front of the box with a black 'C' on the star and trademark written at the top of the star. The back of the box has this same writing in french. The sides of the box have the following in black writing: 'NO 12699 PROPRIETARY OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT', 'TRY THEM FOR BAD BREATH AND INDIGESTION', 'JUST WHAT YOU NEED WHEN BILIOUS AND WHEN YOU FEEL DULL AND WEARY AFTER EATING' and French writing on another side.
C: Directions for use.
- Narrative
- Box of Chamberlain's Tablets made by Standard Laboratories, Ltd., Distributors, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Contents presumably used for bad breath and indigestion.
- Material
- PAPER-CARDBOARD;
- Width
- 4
- Length
- 6.4
- Depth
- 2
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Number Of Parts
- 3
- Accession No.
- 1990.142.7 a-c
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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