by navigator | Nov 4, 2009 | MacCrimmon, Sonja
Dan Bruce, our museum’s curator, announced yesterday at the Board of Directors meeting that he was intending to increase the Museum’s collection of all things Japanese. Since the early 20th century, we have had a significant population of Japanese...
by navigator | Nov 2, 2009 | MacCrimmon, Sonja, Medical Topics
What is Imperial Granum? Granum is Latin for seed. In modern medical jargon it is a “stack of thylakoids in the chloroplast, containing the light harvesting system and the enzymes responsible for the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis”. A diluent is a...
by navigator | Oct 28, 2009 | MacCrimmon, Sonja, Medical Topics
Wow, This one is really interesting! Right on the box it says “Each maximum dose contains .0008 grs. Strychnine”. One the other side it says “Medicinal extracts from Natures’ roots, herbs, leaves and barks are blended with other efficacious...
by navigator | Oct 22, 2009 | MacCrimmon, Sonja, Medical Topics
I think that I have found an interesting topic. Glen, a retired chemistry teacher, was cataloguing our patent medicine collection. Glen is thorough—picky even. He read each inclusion within the packaging of each medication and he was blown away with some of the...
