bottle; controlled drug; quinalbarbital

Brown glass, square based bottle with yellow metal screw cap and paper label. Containing 100 Seconal Sodium brand of quinalbarbitone sodium tablets. Quinal barbitone is a short acting barbiturate and was used in simple insomnia and in anxiety. It was also used as pre-anaesthetic medication of children. Tablets are coated with a vegetable fibre wax-mixture and thus timed to disintergrate in four to seven hours.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A664513
Materials:
glass and metal
type:
bottle and quinalbarbital
credit:
Wellcome Trust