White powdered drug used as poison (acute)

PART OF:
Collection of 28 herbs and drugs mentioned by William Shakespeare in his plays
Made:
1900-1931
White powdered drug used as poison (acute)

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White powdered drug used as poison (acute), labelled 'ratsbane', 'white arsenic', 'arsenious anhydride' and 'arsenic trioxide'

Details

Category:
Medical Glass-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A603712 Pt27
Materials:
bottle, glass
Measurements:
bottle, minimum: height 80 mm
bottle, maximum: height 145 mm
bottle, minimum: diameter 45 mm
bottle, maximum: diameter 90 mm
type:
bottle

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