Veterinary Pharmaceutical Kit, 1900-1915
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Artifact Overview
Chicago-based Abbott Alkaloidal Company, now Abbot Laboratories, sold cases filled with vials of medicines needed by doctors and veterinarians in their practices. This case contains drugs made by Abbott and other well-known pharmaceutical firms. Dr. F. Eugene Eads, who once headed the veterinary department at Parke, Davis and Company, owned this case.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Kit (Set)
Date Made
1900-1915
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Case made by Abbott Alkaloidal Co. of Chicago, Illinois. Pharmaceutical vials made by Abbott Alkaloidal Co. of Chicago, Illinois, Parke, Davis & Company of Detroit, Michigan, and Pitman-Moore, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
81.59.28
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Leather
Metal
Glass (Material)
Cork (Bark)
Color
Black (Color)
Brown
White (Color)
Red
Dimensions
Height: 3.375 in
Width: 9 in
Length: 0.625 in
Inscriptions
on inside of case:
VETERINARY DEPARTMENT / THE ABBOTT ALKALOIDAL CO. / CHICAGO, ILL
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