Description
Notebook that belonged to Arthur Cecil (A.C) Rorabeck who operated Nipissing Drug Store after purchasing from John G.
Cormack circa 1895. The business was later sold to Reg Harris. As one of North Bay’s first pharmacists, Rorabeck was active in the community as a prominent Mason and member of the Rotary Club and St. John’s Anglican Church. Products sold at pharmacies at the turn of the
century offer an interesting comparison to modern medicines. One of Rorabeck’s cough remedies, sold
as Rorabeck’s No. 110 and called the “old reliable,” was in fact a mix of cod liver oil, creosote and Scotch whiskey.
Notebook contains incription "Jan 28, 95 A.C. Rorabeck Girard St Toronto" and a variety of handwritten recipes for various medicines. Likely a school book or book used as a pharamicist.Creator
A.C. Rorabeck