Tabloid pocket medicine kit

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Tabloid pocket medicine kit

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Tabloid pocket medicine kit, No.109 Tabloid brand, by Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, to hold 7 glass bottles (five remaining) in Aluminium case

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Object Number:
1994-1068
type:
medicine kit

Parts

Glass bottle of Tabloid Astringent Mixture

Glass bottle of Tabloid Astringent Mixture

Glass bottle with cork stopper full of Tabloid brand compressed 'Astringent Mixture' tablets (aromatic confection chalk, cardamoms, catechu, opium, cinnamon and ammonium bicarbonate). 74 mm x 20 mm diameter, 16g. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1885-1920.

Measurements:
overall: 74 mm 20 mm, 16g
Materials:
complete , glass , cork , opium , catechu and chalk
Object Number:
1994-1068 Pt1
type:
bottle and opium
Glass bottle of Quinine Hydrochloride

Glass bottle of Quinine Hydrochloride

Glass bottle of Quinine Hydrochloride

Object Number:
1994-1068 Pt2
type:
bottles
Glass bottle of Laxative vegetable extract

Glass bottle of Laxative vegetable extract

Glass bottle of Laxative vegetable extract

Object Number:
1994-1068 Pt3
type:
bottle and laxative
Glass bottle of Potassium Chlorate

Glass bottle of Potassium Chlorate

Glass bottle of Potassium Chlorate

Object Number:
1994-1068 Pt4
type:
bottles
Glass bottle of Bismuth and Soda

Glass bottle of Bismuth and Soda

Glass bottle of Bismuth and Soda

Object Number:
1994-1068 Pt5
type:
bottles