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Bottle of Optalidon tablets (containing butobarbital) complete with contents. Height 87 mm; width 46 mm; depth 25 mm; weight 120g. Inscribed: '.../ 100 TABLETS / Optalidon / POISON / Each tablet contains: Iso-/ butyl-allyl-barbituric acid 0.050 Gm. / Amidopyrine 0.125 Gm. / Caffine 0.025 Gm./ .../ SANDOZ / PRODUCTS LIMITED / 23 Great Castle Street, London, W.1. / Made in Great Britain' Made by Sandoz Products Ltd, Great Castle Street, London W.1., from Savory and Moore. English, 1950-1970.

Bottle of Optalidon tablets (containing butobarbital) complete with contents

1950-1970

Injection kit with syringe (in tin case), 8 glass phials with cork stoppers and 4 glass ampoules of substances such as adrenaline, butobaritone and phenobarbitone. 25 mm x 150 mm x 95 mm, 291g. Manufactured by May & Baker Ltd., English, first half 20th century.

Leather covered injection kit with syringe (in tin case), 8 glass phials with cork stoppers and 4 glass ampoules of substances such as adrenaline, butobaritone and phenobarbiton

1900-1951

Plastic container of 500 pink Soneryl tablets, each 100mg (butobartitone).95 mm x 60 mm diameter, 166 g. Produced by May and Baker, English, manufactured in 1985, expired Jan 1990.

Plastic container of 500 pink Soneryl tablets

1985

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 100 Sonalgin tablets (butobarbitone). 95 mm x 50 mm diameter, 187 g. Dispensed by Rimmer the chemist, Wolverhampton, 1960-1980.

Glass bottle with bakelite lid of 100 Sonalgin tablets (butobarbitone). 95 mm x 50 mm diameter

1960-1980