Hypodermic syringe case

Made:: 1901-1930 in England

Hypodermic syringe case, Record', nickel plated brass
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Hypodermic syringe case, "Record", nickel plated brass, containing two needles and a tube of morphine and atropine sulphate tablets, by Burrought Wellcome and Co., England, 1901-1930

Details

Category:: Therapeutics

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A618058

Materials:: case, brass (nickel plated) and tube, glass

Measurements:: case: length 43 mm
case: width 82 mm
case: height 20 mm

type:: hypodermic syringes

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Glass vial (with some contents) with cork stopper to contain 20 tabloid hypodermic tablets consisting of 1/4 grain of morphine sulphate and 1/150 grain of atropine sulphate. Cork stopper is broken. Morphine is a powerful analgesic and narcotic but it also has central actions. Atropine is a also a stimulant.