Glass bottle containing 4 fluid ounces of Lipect brand of cough elixir

Made:
London

Brown glass bottle with grey metal screw cap and paper label. Containing 4 fluid ounces of Lipect brand of cough elixir consisting of the active ingredients antazoline hydrochloride, morpholinylethylmorphine, liquid extract of ipecaccuanha and Antazoline is an antihistamine, morpholinylethylmorphine, otherwise known as pholcodine, is an antitussive and as such is used in the suppression of cough. Ipecaccuanha has expectorant properties.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A664914
Materials:
glass and metal
type:
bottle and pholcodine
credit:
Wellcome Trust