Bottle of "Daricon" tablets with packaging and instructions

Made:: Sandwich

maker:: Pfizer Limited

Bottle of "Daricon" tablets, with instructions in original packaging by Pfizer Ltd., English

Details

Category:: Medical Glass-ware

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A640739

Materials:: carton, paper, bottle, glass and stopper, plastic

Measurements:: carton: height 66 mm
carton: length 30 mm
carton: width 30 mm

type:: bottle

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bottle of "Daricon" tablets

Small, clear glass bottle with wide neck, fitted with a clear and royal-blue plastic stopper. The bottle is over half full of small, circular, salmon-pink pills. Royal blue print on white label reads '100 Tablets / Daricon /brand of / oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride / 5mg. / Pfizer LTD / Sandwich, England'. On one side is printed 'To be dispensed only on the / prescription of a physician / *Trade Mark / Lot No. 403-15001'. The other side is printed 'Each tablet contains 5 mg. oxyphen- /cyclimine hydrochloride (1-methyl-1, / 4, 5, 6-tetrahydro-2-pyrimidylmethyl / [alpha symbol] -cyclohexyl- [alpha symbol] -phenylglycolate / hydrochloride / see accompanying leaflet). The plastic lid is embossed with the words 'Pfizer Quality'.

Measurements:: overall: 60 mm 26 mm,

Materials:: glass and plastic (unidentified)

Object Number:: A640739/2

type:: bottle

instruction leaflet for Daricon by Pfizer

Single sheet of white paper printed on both sides in royal blue ink, providing information about the medication Daricon (brand of oxyphencyclime hydrochloride) including chemistry, structural formula, actions and properties, indications, dosage, special notes, caution, and package information.

Measurements:: overall: 190 mm x 108 mm

Materials:: paper

Object Number:: A640739 Pt1

type:: instructions

carton labelled Daricon, 100 tablets, 5mg

Small paperboard carton, predominantly off-white with royal-blue print, the front of the box reading ' 100 Tablets / Daricon /brand of oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride / 5mg. / Pfizer LTD / Sandwich, England'. On one side is printed 'see enclosed leaflet / To be dispensed only / on the prescription / of a physician / *Trade Mark'. The other side is printed 'Each tablet contains 5 mg. / oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride / (1-methyl-1, 4, 5, 6-tetra- / hydro-2-pyrimidylmethyl / [alpha symbol] -cyclohexyl- [alpha symbol] -phenyl- / glycolate hydrochloride). The back of the carton is printed with 'Lot No. 403-15001'