




Case containing a Hypodermic syringe, glass and nickel-plated brass, with accessories. 20 mm x 80 mm x 80 mm, 61 g. The case is lined in a distictive purple velvet and contains one vial inscribed with 'COCAINE', a syringe and two needles. Trace residues remain inside glass barrel. Probably English, 1880-1910.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A620601
- Materials:
- case, leatherette, lining, velvet, lining, silk, syringe, glass and syringe, brass (nickel-plated)
- Measurements:
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overall: 20 mm x 80 mm x 80 mm, 61g
- type:
- hypodermic syringes and cocaine
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust