Canister of 'Dexten' tablets

Made:
1950-1970 in Slough
maker:
Nicholas Laboratories Limited

Tin canister of 'Dexten' tablets (dextroamphetamine sulphate) with several remaining. 46 mm x 35 mm diameter, 15 g. Produced by Nicholas Laboratories Ltd., English, 1950-1970.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A640715
Materials:
tin and dextroamphetamine sulphate
Measurements:
height 46 mm
diameter 35 mm
15 g
type:
dextroamphetamine and canister
credit:
Wellcome Trust

Related Objects

Wooden box containing 48 glass lantern slides, numbers 1-11 from First Report, 12-33 from Second Report, 34-47 from Third Report of Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA, 1915-1950

Box of 48 slides from Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories Reports, 1904-1908

Medicine chest
Wooden box containing 24 glass lantern slides, numbers 143-163 from Fourth Report, number 164 from the Second Review, numbers 165-166 from the Prospectus of Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, USA, 1915-1950

Box of 24 slides from Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories Reports, 1911
Mahogany medicine chest with hinged locking flaps front and back, containing 3 empty bottles, 8 bottles of medicine, palette knife, mortar and pestle, balance, and 2 empty bottles once containing weights, box engraved with the name 'R Somerset Esq', English, 1831-1870

Mahogany medicine chest with contents
Medicine chest, winged front, with sixteen bottles (14 labelled) in siz drawers and one back panel, and no other contents, c1840

Medicine chest

Small walnut medicine chest, Italy, 1851-1910