Cardboard box, unopened, enclosing five ampoules of Evans Diamorphine Hydrochloride BP 10 mg for injection. The contents of the ampoules are to be mixed with water for injection to create 10 mg powder in 1 ml liquid. Diamorphine hydrochloride is administered subcutaneously or intramuscularly to relieve severe pain in the terminal stages of cancer and other fatal illnesses. The box is still sealed.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Object Number:
- 1986-1200
- type:
- ampoules and diamorphine
- credit:
- Donated by A M Christopher
