Black leather pocket dispensary

Made:
1880-1920 in London
Black leather pocket dispensary

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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
Measurements:
length 238 mm
width 90 mm
thickness 26 mm
open: width 263 mm
open: length 470 mm
type:
pocket dispensaries

Parts

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.2917

Clear glass bottle for palatinoids no.2917

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper
Object Number:
A656894 Pt1
type:
bottles
Tube of Hypnogen 'palatinoids'

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

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
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

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
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

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
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

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
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

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
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

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper
Object Number:
A656894 Pt8
type:
bottles
Bottle for Pulverettes of Phenacetin, London, England, 1890-1940

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

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

More

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
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Clear glass bottle for Palverettes no.36

Clear glass bottle for Palverettes no.36

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper
Object Number:
A656894 Pt10
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Clear glass bottle for Pulverettes no.18

Clear glass bottle for Pulverettes no.18

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

Measurements:
height 87 mm
diameter 16 mm
top: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , cork and plastic, stopper
Object Number:
A656894 Pt11
type:
bottles
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Glass tube of Dover powder pulverettes

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.

Measurements:
overall: 82 mm 15 mm, 15g
Materials:
glass , cork , plastic , ipecacuanha , opium and complete
Object Number:
A656894 Pt12
type:
tube and opium
Contents list of pocket dispensary

Contents list of pocket dispensary

Piece of folded paper with list of contents of pocket dispensary with therapeutics notes on the preparations

Measurements:
length 260 mm
width 204 mm
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A656894 Pt13
type:
contents lists
Black leather pocket dispensary wallet

Black leather pocket dispensary wallet

Black leather pocket dispensary wallet, without contents (see other parts for rest), by Oppenheimer, Son and Co., London, maker, English, 1880-1920

Measurements:
length 238 mm
width 90 mm
thickness 26 mm
open: width 263 mm
open: length 470 mm
Materials:
leather and metal (unknown)
Object Number:
A656894 Pt14
type:
case

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