Formulæ of medicines specially prepared for medical practice by H. & T. Kirby & Co.

  • H. & T. Kirby & Co.
Date:
[between 1890 and 1899]
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Credit: Formulæ of medicines specially prepared for medical practice by H. & T. Kirby & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PORTABLE MINIATURE DISPENSARIES FOR DISPENSING MEDICINES AT THE DEDSIDE. INVALUABLE FOR COUNTRY AND COLONIAL PRACTICE. These Miniature Dispensarie.s were introduced by Dr. E. Kirby in 1867 to enable the Practi- tioner to carry with him to the home of hi.s patient a .sufficiently large variety of medicines to meet most of, if not all, hi.s requirements, and so to dispose of much of his dispensing while visiting, to economize time, and relieve himself of much work on his return. OPINIONS OF THE MEDICAL PRESS. “A glance at them is a sufficient recommendation. We can hardly conceive anything more useful to a hard-worked general practitioner.”—Medical Times and Cazette. “ It seems to us that Dr. Kirby’s Dispensaries would be simply invaluable ; and it is certain that when their utility is more widely known, their aid will be largely secured.”—Lancet. “We think that Dr. Kirby’s ready method, and the means by which he accomplishes it, are well worth the attention of our readers. They cannot do better than pay his laboratory a visit and judge for themselves.”—Medical Press a7id Circular. These Dispensaries are made in various sizes to suit ALL KINDS OF PRACTICE. No. 1. THE DOCTOR’S VADE MECUM, (Registeredaccording to Designs Copyright Act, 5 6 Piet., c. too.) Carries a .Selection of ioo Medicines. Description. Form.—Pyramidal : bag-shaped. Colour.—Blue-black, or dark green. Afzz.—When closed ; height, laJ inches ; width, 7J inches at base ; 3 inches at ape.\ ; length, 13I inches. When open : 2 feet 2,| inches long, by 1 foot 10 inches wide, including desk slope. Weight.—K\xyaX. 20 lbs. when fitted complete with instruments. Construction and Material.—Tlhe frame is made of well-seasoned pine, strongly dovetailed and clamped, and covered with the best English morocco. It is fitted with a solid leather bag- handle, fastened on stout brass-gilt fittings. The wings on the one side are secured by a strap and buckle, and the desk slope by a spring fastening. Every bottle, of which there are 96, is packed in a velvet-lined groove, to prevent breakage. Contents aiui Ca/mr/’/y.—Twenty-eight Stoppered Bottles, narrow and wide-mouth, viz., 2 3-oz. rounds, 8 x-oz. squares, 9 3-dram rounds, 9 ditto capped. 36 3-dram Capped Bottles for Pills, 32 Tubes for Granules—Ready Remedics—a.'nA a drawer 12 by 6 inches, and li inch deep for phials, labels, etc. etc.