Box containing one dozen Wampole's vaginal cones with ichthammol (ammonium lignosulfonate)
Category
medicines
Acquisition
Accession
PCP.2004.1
Source or Donor
Sidney Weinberg
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Sidney Weinberg (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, class of 1954), 2004
Made/Created
Manufacturer
Henry K. Wampole & Co
Time Period
Early to mid-20th Century
Place
City
Philadelphia
State/Province
Pennsylvania
Continent
North America
Other Names
Name Type
Non-English name
Other Name
Asia: stone oil; barakshin; Asil
Name Type
Non-English name
Other Name
India: saladjidi
Dimensions
Dimension Description
Box
Height
2-3/8 in
Width
1-3/4 in
Length
3-1/4 in
Interpretative Labels
Label Type
Object Label
Label
The selection shown here is from approximately 200 items (mostly medicines and a wide variety of drugstore products) generously gifted by retired Philadelphia pharmacist, and PCP alumnus, Sidney Weinberg. The majority of these items originated from a pharmacy in Northeast Philadelphia founded in the early 20th century.