jar; controlled drug; opium
- Made:
- 1851-1900
Clear glass jar with glass stoper and small paper label. To contain apporximately 8 ounces of narcotine, an alkaloid obtained from opium. It has a midly depressant action upon the cerebral hemispheres. Its effect is similar to that of morphine on sensory cells but is much less marked. Like papaverine it relaxes the tone of plain muscle.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A674410
- Materials:
- glass and stopper, glass
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
