bottle; controlled drug; codeine

Made:
London

Brown glass, rectangle based small bottle with plastic pop cap and paper label. To contain 100 tablets of codeine phosphate. Codeine is an analgesic manufactured from the methylation of morphine. It is much less toxic than morphine and even large do not produce the central depression characteristic of morphine. Doses larger than 60 mg rarely produce any greater analgesic effect than lower doses.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A664359
Materials:
glass and plastic
type:
bottle and codeine
credit:
Wellcome Trust