Bottle, with glass stopper, containing Laudanum

PART OF:
Medicine chest

Colourless glass bottle, with glass stopper and paper label, containing Laudanum (tincture of opium). The bottle is labelled a poison. Trace contents of evaporated substance. Manufactured by 'Savory and Moore, Chemists to the Queen, H.R.H. the of Wales, H.H. the Khedive of Egypt, and c.' The bottle probably dates between 1860-1890.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23787 Pt14
Materials:
glass and paper, label
type:
medicine chest, bottle and opium
credit:
Wellcome Trust