A collection of syringes with medicaments, c.1940

A collection of syringes with medicaments, c.1940; a collection of nursing aids, c.1930

Details

Category:
Therapeutics
Object Number:
1985-1704
type:
syringe
credit:
Donated by Dr. and Mrs. A V Craig

Parts

Tin syringe kit with flip top containing a syringe

Tin syringe kit with flip top containing a syringe

Tin syringe kit with flip top containing a syringe, hypodermic needle, and six glass tubes of hypodermic tablets with cork stoppers. Overall: 80 mm x 45 mm x 20 mm, 71g. Glass tubes include: apomorphine hydrochloride, strychnine nitrate, morphine sulphate, atropine sulphate, cocaine hydrochloride, and a morphine and atropine compound, all in the form of hypodermic tablets. Parke, Davis and Co., London, c. 1940s.

Measurements:
overall: 80 mm x 45 mm x 20 mm, 71g
Materials:
cork , atropine sulphate , morphine sulphate , strychnine , cocaine , tin , glass , apomorphine and complete
Object Number:
1985-1704/2
type:
syringe case and tubes
Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 'Luminal' brand 1 gr. phenobarbitone tablets. 70 mm x 40 mm x 20 mm

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 'Luminal' brand 1 gr. phenobarbitone tablets. 70 mm x 40 mm x 20 mm

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 'Luminal' brand 1 gr. phenobarbitone tablets. 70 mm x 40 mm x 20 mm, 49g. Bayer Products Ltd., London, 1940s.

Measurements:
overall: 70 mm x 40 mm x 20 mm, 49g
Materials:
complete , barbitone , glass and bakelite
Object Number:
1985-1704/3
type:
bottle and barbitone
Glass tube with cork stopper (60% inside tube), of 25 1/4 gr. Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets. 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm. Plus carton.

Glass tube with cork stopper (60% inside tube), of 25 1/4 gr. Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets. 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm. Plus carton.

Glass tube with cork of 25 1/4 gr. Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets. 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm, 3g. Additional label shows this object was distributed by Timothy Whites & Taylors Chemists in Gillingham. Manufactured by Parke, Davis and Co., London, 1940s.

Measurements:
overall: 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm, 3g
Materials:
complete , card , glass , cork and morphine sulphate
Object Number:
1985-1704/5
type:
tube and morphine
Glass tube with cork stopper (90% inside tube), of 25 1/4 gr. Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets. 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm. Plus carton.

Glass tube with cork stopper (90% inside tube), of 25 1/4 gr. Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets. 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm. Plus carton.

Glass tube with cork stopper of 1/4 grain Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets in original carton. 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm, 3g. Parke, Davis & Co., London, 1940s.

Measurements:
overall: 10 mm x 77 mm x 10 mm, 3g
Materials:
half-full , cork , card , glass and morphine sulphate
Object Number:
1985-1704/6
type:
tube and morphine
Metal syringe case with instructional leaflet

Metal syringe case with instructional leaflet

Metal syringe case with instructional leaflet, syringe wires, hypodermic needle and 10 glass tubes with cork stoppers of hypodermic tablets. 20 mm x 85 mm x 75 mm, 154g. Tube contents are: Morphine and atropine sulphate (compound), atropine sulphate, strychnine nitrate, trinitrin, cocaine, morphine sulphate, and apromorphine. Burroughs Wellcome, London, 1940s.

Measurements:
overall: 20 mm x 85 mm x 75 mm, 154g
Materials:
metal , glass , cork , atropine sulphate , morphine sulphate , cocaine , strychnine and complete
Object Number:
1985-1704/7
type:
syringe case , morphine and cocaine

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