Brown glass bottle with a black screw cap, and a paper label that reads in part “GMS / THIONIN / (EHRLICH-HOYER) / For Histological, Bacteriological, Pathological and Bacteriological Staining C.I. No. 920 / Schultz No. 348, 2nd Ed. / PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORIES / NATIONAL ANILINE & CHEMICAL CO., INC. NEW YORK.”
This case for surgical instruments belonged to William Hallock Park (1863-1939), a physician, specialist in the field of antitoxins, and director of the Bureau of Laboratories of the City of New York Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
Ref: “DR. W. H. PARK DIES, HEALTH AUTHORITY,” New York Times (April 7, 1939), p. 21.
Wade W. Oliver, The Man Who Lived for Tomorrow: The Biography of William Hallock Park, M.D. (New York, 1942).