Packet of pure quinine powder

Made:
1890-1900 in India
Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India

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Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London

Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London.

Packet of quinine powder, as sold in post offices in India, 1890-1900

In 1820, Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842), a French chemist, and Joseph Caventou (1795-1877), a French pharmacist, isolated quinine and extracted it from cinchona bark. Quinine was used as a treatment for malaria because of its fever reducing and pain relieving qualities.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654789
Materials:
packet, paper
Measurements:
overall: 1 mm x 63 mm x 38 mm, .0005 kg
type:
packets
credit:
Loan, Wellcome Trust