Specimen jar containing five small bottles

Glass specimen jar containing five small bottles of drugs

Details

Category:
Medical Glass-ware
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A660720
Materials:
glass
Measurements:
height 110 mm
diameter 78 mm
type:
specimen jars

Parts

Glass bottle with wood stopper containing 10 grains of powdered apomorphine hydrochloride. 53 mm x 14 mm diameter, 5 g. Made by W. Martindale, 12 New Cavendish Street, London, England, early twentieth century.

Small bottle of apomorphine hydrochloride

Glass bottle with wood stopper containing 10 grains of powdered apomorphine hydrochloride. 53 mm x 14 mm diameter, 5 g. Made by W. Martindale, 12 New Cavendish Street, London, England, early twentieth century.

Measurements:
overall: 53 mm 14 mm, 5g
Materials:
glass , wood , cork , complete and apomorphine hydrochloride
Object Number:
A660720 Pt1
type:
bottle and apomorphine
Bottle of physostigmine

Bottle of physostigmine

Bottle of physostigmine

Measurements:
height 55 mm
diameter 22 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A660720 Pt2
type:
bottles
Bottle of homatropine

Bottle of homatropine

Bottle of homatropine

Measurements:
height 58 mm
diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A660720 Pt3
type:
bottles
Tube of physostigmine salicylate, by the British Drug Houses Ltd., English

Tube of physostigmine salicylate

Tube of physostigmine salicylate, by the British Drug Houses Ltd., English

Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A660720 Pt4
type:
bottles
Bottle of hyoscin hydrobromide, by the British Drug Houses Ltd., English

Bottle of hyoscin hydrobromide

Bottle of hyoscin hydrobromide, by the British Drug Houses Ltd., English

Measurements:
height 45 mm
diameter 19 mm
Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A660720 Pt5
type:
bottles
Glass specimen jar, without contents (see other parts for rest)

Glass specimen jar

Glass specimen jar, without contents (see other parts for rest)

Measurements:
height 110 mm
diameter 78 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A660720 Pt6
type:
specimen jars

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