Wooden chest of drugs in glass phials

Made:
1900-1918 in Germany

Wooden chest labelled 'Tabletten' of 50 numbered, stoppered, glass phials of tablets. Chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm, phial: 100 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include aspirin, quinine, tannic acid, ipecacuanha, mercury, Dover's Powder (opium), and Veronal (barbital). Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654446
Materials:
wood, brass, glass, metal, mercury and complete
Measurements:
chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm,
phial: 100 mm 15 mm,
type:
container, morphine and barbital
credit:
Wellcome Trust