Black leather pocket dispensary

Made:: 1880-1920 in London

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Black leather pocket dispensary, long rectangular folding wallet with flaps, catch at front, containing 12 bottles, Oppenheimer, Son and Co., London, maker, English, 1880-1920

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A656894

Materials:: leather and metal, clap

type:: pocket dispensaries

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Parts

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.2917

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.2917, for toothache and neuralgia, cork and plastic stopper

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt1

type:: bottles

Tube of Hypnogen 'palatinoids'

Glass tube with plastic and cork stopper of gr.5 'Hypnogen' palatinoids (barbital). 84 mm x 19 mm diameter, 19 g. Oppenheimer, Son and Co. Ltd., London, 1940-1960.

Measurements:: overall: 84 mm 19 mm, 13g

Materials:: barbital , glass , cork and plastic

Object Number:: A656894 Pt2

type:: tube and barbital

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.7362

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.7362, to stimulate muscular contraction of the uterus, with tablet content

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt3

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.200

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.200, a laxative of particular value in jaundice and catarrh, with content

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt4

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle for Bipalainoids no.1218

Clear glass bottle for Bipalainoids no.1218, for carminative and antispasdomic purposes, with content

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt5

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle for Cocoids mercurous chloride tablets an alternative and purgative

Clear glass bottle for Cocoids mercurous chloride tablets an alternative and purgative, with content

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt6

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle for trinitrin or nitroglycerin

Clear glass bottle for trinitrin or nitroglycerin, valuable in angina pectoris, with content

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt7

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle for Acetosal or aspirin

Clear glass bottle for Acetosal or aspirin, Pulverettes no.4, with contents

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt8

type:: bottles

Bottle for Pulverettes of Phenacetin, London, England, 1890-1940

Clear glass bottle for Pulverettes no.67, phenacetin comp. for neuralgia and migraine, with content

This clear glass bottle contains Pulverettes of Phenacetin. It was used for neuralgia and migraine. Phenacetin is an analgesic. This is a painkiller and fever reducer. It acts on the central nervous system. Phenacetin was first used in 1887. It was used extensively in ‘over the counter’ medications. This example was produced in London by chemist Oppenheimer, Son and Company Limited.

The drug was withdrawn from the US market in 1983 because of suspected links with kidney disease.

Measurements:: overall: 85 mm 18 mm, .03kg

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt9

type:: bottle

Clear glass bottle for Palverettes no.36

Clear glass bottle for Palverettes no.36, a heart tonic, broken bottle with paper wrapper, with content

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt10

type:: bottles

Clear glass bottle for Pulverettes no.18

Clear glass bottle for Pulverettes no.18, Aperiens Fort, with content

Materials:: glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper

Object Number:: A656894 Pt11

type:: bottles

Glass tube of Dover powder pulverettes

Glass tube with cork stopper full of Pulverette brand 5 gr. Dover Powder tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. Co.), full. 82 mm x 15 mm diameter, 15 g. Oppenheimer Son & Co. Ltd., London, 1880-1920.