Bottle of compound ergotin pills

Glass bottle with cork stopper of 100 soluble pills of ergotin compound: extract ergotae, extract cannabis indica (inscription reads 'Ext. Can. Ind.') and extract strychninae. 97 mm x 40 mm x 27 mm, 90 g. Printed label reads, '100 SOLUBLE/PIL./ NO.137./ERGOTIN COMP./EXT. Ergotae - 3grs./ Ext. Can. Ind. 1-6gr./Strychinae -160gr./Schieffelin & Co./ NEW YORK'. Produced by Schieffelin and Co., New York, distributed by Potter & Sacker, London, 1910-1940.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A674299
Materials:
glass, clear and cork, stopper
type:
bottles and cannabis
credit:
Wellcome Trust