This image is released under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Licence
Buy this image as a print
BuyLicense this image for commercial use at Science and Society Picture Library
LicenseCarton for "Trilene" tablets
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Carton for "Trilene" tablets
‘Trilene’ tablets are advertised on this box as “the only cure for stoutness”. Stoutness is another, older word for being overweight. It was a so-called ‘patent medicine’ whose recipe was secret. It is unlikely to have been of much practical use.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A661213
- Materials:
- paper
- Measurements:
-
overall: 23 mm x 57 mm x 72 mm, .02kg
- type:
- box
Related Objects
Pack of Tabmint anti-smoking chewing gum, Denmark, 1974-1984
Bottle of quinine hydrochloride tablets, London, England, 1901-1930
Carton of 'Purgen-The New Aperient' tablets, London, England, 1901-1940
Green glass bottle of 'Apenta aperient water'
