Brown glass bottle of ‘multigland liquor’, London, England, c. 1928
- maker:
- Armour and Company Limited
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Brown glass bottle of "multigland liquor", by Armour and Co., Ltd., London
‘Glanoid’ is an early example of a hormone supplement used to treat anaemia, amenorrhoea, and menorrhagia. Its makers, Armour & Co. Ltd., was the London-based end of an American meat packing business that sold a wide range of animal products, including hormones.
Many hormones that were once extracted from animals can now be made synthetically.
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- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A601300
- Measurements:
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overall: 177 mm x 65 mm x 40 mm, .31kg
- type:
- bottle
