tub;
medical/medicine equipment
- Museum number
- Af2003,14.1
- Description
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Tub; made of plastic; white plastic tub with yellow and orange printed label, reading "Paracet 1000 tablets PARACETEMOL TABLETS 500 MG"; manufactured by Novelty Manufacturing Liited, Nairobi, Kenya.
- Production date
- 2000s
- Dimensions
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Height: 15 centimetres
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Width: 11 centimetres
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Depth: 11 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- See Hsu, Elizabeth. "'The medicine from China has rapid effects': Chinese medicine patients in Tanzania. " In: Anthropology & Medicine, 2002;9(3):291-313.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2003
- Acquisition notes
- Af2003,14.1 to 10 were collected and given by Elisabeth Hu of the University of Oxford. It is recorded in the donation book as "a collection of western medicines sold in Tanzania for treating Aids and general ailments. Primarily empty medicine boxes and tubs for tablets, but some actual tablets in brown envelopes and tubes are included."
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af2003,14.1