bottle; controlled drug; quinalbarbital
- Made:
- 1960-1975 in Basingstoke
Brown glass, rectangle based, bottle with black plastic screw cap and paper label. Containing 100 Seconal Sodium brand of quinalbarbitone sodium 'pulvule' capsules. Quinal barbitone is a short acting barbiturate and was used in simple insomnia and anxiety states. It was also used as pre-anaesthetic medication of children.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A627503
- Measurements:
-
height 71 mm
width 42 mm
length 25 mm
- type:
- bottle and quinalbarbital
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
