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[[File:Outdoor%20Life%20ad2.png|right|thumb|''|1908 [[Journal%20of%20the%20Outdoor%20Life|Journal of the Outdoor Life]]'' ad for Sputum Cup ]] | [[File:Outdoor%20Life%20ad2.png|right|thumb|''|1908 [[Journal%20of%20the%20Outdoor%20Life|Journal of the Outdoor Life]]'' ad for Sputum Cup ]] | ||
[[File:IMG_1338.jpg|left|thumb|| A metal sputum flask (made in Germany) carried by Hoffman Pharmacy.<br> | [[File:IMG_1338.jpg|left|thumb|| A metal sputum flask (made in Germany) carried by Hoffman Pharmacy.<br>Photograph courtesy of Leslie Hoffman. ]] | ||
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Photograph courtesy of Leslie Hoffman.
Tuberculosis is a communicable disease, and as Saranac Lake had at one time hundreds of TB patients, sanitation was taken very seriously. A sputum cup provided a safe receptacle for a patient's spit. They were of many designs, some disposable, some meant to be cleaned and disinfected. Spitting on the street in the village was subject to a fifty dollar fine.
When carried around the sputum cups were referred to as Pocket Flasks as oppose to the boxes that were used at someone's bedside.
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