Metal case
Metal case, with hinged lid lined with paper list of contents
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt1
- type:
- case
'Pills & Tablets' box, London, England, 1916
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Tin box for medicine bottles
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Tin box for medicine bottles, probably from WWI British Military pattern medicine or First Aid chest, by Burgoyne Burbidges & Co, 1916
This tin box was probably part of a much larger first aid kit or medicine chest used during the First World War. The drugs in the box include opium for pain relief, quinine hydrochloride for malaria, and calomel with colocynth. Both calomel and colocynth have antiseptic qualities but when taken together they purge the body by causing vomiting. Calomel is also a drug associated with the treatment of the venereal disease syphilis – a major problem during the First World War.
Details
- Category:
- Emergency Medicine
- Object Number:
- 1995-799
- Materials:
- case, metal and containers, plastic
- Measurements:
-
overall: 37 mm x 128 mm x 176 mm, .59kg
- type:
- medicine chest
Parts
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, for Phenacetin compound, empty, by Burgoyne Burbridges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt2
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, label unreadable, probably for Ipecacuanha, empty, by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt3
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, label unreadable, empty, by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt4
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, for Quinine Hydrochloride, empty, by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt5
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, for Quinine Hydrochloride, empty, by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt6
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, for Quinine Hydrochloride, empty, by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt7
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle for opium with traces remaining
Square plastic bottle for Opium with traces remaining. 30 mm x 45 mm x 30 mm, 23g. Printed label reads, '...300 Pill (no.4)/ PULV. OPII. gr.1/...' Produced by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co., London, 1916.
Square plastic bottle for Opium and capsicum
Black square plastic bottle, for Opium and capsicum with trace residues remaining. 30 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm, 21g. Printed label reads, '.../50 Pill (No.3)/ R. Pulv. Opii. Pulv. Capisi/ Camphorae (illegible)/ Pulv. Piper Nig./ aa. gr. 1/2/ POISON/...' Produced by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co., London, 1916.
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, label unreadable, empty, by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt10
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle
Square plastic bottle, for Calomel and Colocynth, empty, by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co.
- Object Number:
- 1995-799 Pt11
- type:
- bottles
Square plastic bottle for Lead and Opium
Black square plastic bottle, for Lead and Opium, with traces remaining. 30 mm x 50 mm x 30 mm, 22g. Printed label reads,' ...50/ Pill (No.1)/ Pil. Plumbi c Opio/ gr 5/ POISON...' Produced by Burgoyne Burbidges and Co., London, 1916.
