Name/Title
Prescription Drug BottleEntry/Object ID
chs-019917Description
This is a small vintage glass bottle of medicine from Siegel Rexall Drugs, The Chester Pharmacy. The bottle has a black screw cap and a label indicating it was once used to contain medicine. The label, primarily in red and yellow, and has the name Joseph Siegel, Reg. PH. (Registered Pharmacist) and phone HOMESTEAD 9-2322. The label has a number "56878" which may reference the prescription number and specifies the patients name as Lou Ann Cavallaro and the prescribing Doctor as Dr. N.T. Keys who prescribed it on 9/25/57.
There are vague usage instructions of "Paint mouth once a day" and it's marked explicitly for external use only,.
The detail on the bottle and its label capture the essence of pharmaceutical practices from a different era.Use
This was a medicine prescribed to Lou Ann CavallaroContext
Rexall was a chain of American drugstores, and the name of their store-branded products. The stores, having roots in the federation of United Drug Stores starting in 1903, licensed the Rexall brand name to as many as 12,000 drug stores across the United States from 1920 to 1977.Acquisition
Accession
2024.4Credit Line
Marion CavallaroCreate Date
July 11, 2024Update Date
August 2, 2024
