Hi all,

I have a bit of a dilemma and was wondering how other people have handled
this problem in their museums.  We just received two Doctors bags from a
father and son who were in practice together. The father started in 1906 and
the son was practicing into at least the 1950's.  Well, these bags still
have a lot of drugs/medicines in them including strychnine, digitalis,
morphine, and nitroglycerine.  We are debating if we should leave the
bottles of medicine as is, or if we should dispose of the contents (drugs)
but keep the bottles.  So folks, what have you done in the past?

Thanks
Jenny


Jenny Yearous
Curator of Collections Management
State Historical Society of North Dakota

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