Tiny serum vial

[Jspring-zimmerman]

I recently found a serum vial, clear glass, rubber stopper & foil cover intact, in my yard. The marking says TCW CO, 12, TYPE 1, USA, on the base. I'm trying to find out what medicine was in it? Is it worth anything? Thanks.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

It was made by the T.C Wheaton Glass co.

Their main business for many years was producing medicine and spice
vials like the one you found.

Trademarks & Manufacturers: T. C. Wheaton Glass Company

Just google: TCW CO, 12, TYPE 1

 

[Icewing]

I believe it's a vial from an injectable medication for livestock of some sort.

 

[mick56]

I believe it's a vial from an injectable medication for livestock of some sort.

Yes, if you take off the foil, the center of the cap is rubber, and you would stick the syringe needle through that and draw in the medicine.

 

[Jspring-zimmerman]

I got that far on researching on Google. But I cannot find what type 1 was for.

 

[Icewing]

I got that far on researching on Google. But I cannot find what type 1 was for.

Most likely some kind of vaccine, I highly doubt you'll find out exactly what was in it.

 

[Jspring-zimmerman]

As a paramedic & a history buff... thats gonna drive me crazy-er... lol

 

[cw0909]

[FONT=&quot]cool find, looks like a homeopathic vial
[/FONT]1893 - T. C. Wheaton Co. begins manufacturing their Red Star homeopathic vial (Figure 1).
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Trademarks & Manufacturers: T. C. Wheaton Glass Company
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[Anduril]

I got that far on researching on Google. But I cannot find what type 1 was for.

It's probably just a throw-back to simpler times.

Back then, "1" was probably something easily curable with a shot of penicillin.
Now we're up to "A/Fujian/411/2002 (H3N2)". We're screwed.

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

I find those on the beach a lot.
I figure they are for insulin.

 

[BosnMate]

I believe it's a vial from an injectable medication for livestock of some sort.

Like Pat says, probably insulin. We would give livestock shots for anthrax, Lepto, black leg, etc. --- but they were in larger vials, containing several doses. Back before disposable syringes, insulin came in small, single shot doses. Might still do for all I know, I do know that some meds come in single shot doses in disposable syringes, because I came home from the hospital with some one time not to long ago.

 

[DCMatt]

I got that far on researching on Google. But I cannot find what type 1 was for.

Type 1 is the type of bottle. It has nothing to do with the contents.


DCMatt

 

[pat-tekker-cat]

Do an internet search for "insulin bottles" and "old insulin bottles".
Yes, injectable, refridgerated insulin and other meds, still come in those type bottles.
Humalog, Novolog, Novolin, I'm not sure how to date or find out what "exactly" your
bottle "may" have had in it. Would need mfg sales records, or drug mfgs records, idk.

 

[Jspring-zimmerman]

In that time period, according to my elderly Neighbor, there was a large barn not far from where I found this.