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Rounded glass bottle with glass stopper and pink-chamois covering containing Dr. J. Collis Browne's patented Chlorodyne (morphine, chloroform and cannabis). Label reads, 'Dr. J. Collis Browne's/ CHLORODYNE/ An Invaluable Remedy in Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis/ Croup, Fever, Neuralgia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera, &c.' Dispensed by J.T. Davenport, English, 1850-1890.

Bottle of J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

1850-1890
Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering full of Collis-Browne's Chlorodyne. 87 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 71g. Dispensed by Williams and Elvey Chemists, London, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

1801-1900
Glass bottle with cork stopper containing 100 gelatin-coated Sedative pills (sumbul, hyoscyamus, valerian, Indian cannabis). 98 mm x 35 mm x 22 mm, 74g. Made by Parke, Davis and Co., London, mid-twentieth century.

Bottle of Sedative Pills

1930-1960
Wooden box with sliding lid containing dried Cannabis Indica. 35 mm x 102 mm x 70 mm, 44g. Made by the Apprentice Chemists Association, England, c.1880.

Box of dried Cannabis Indica

1860-1900
Yellow and red enamled steel box with plastic window containing a specimen of dried cannabis, number 164. 45 mm x 45 mm x 60 mm, 45g. Prepared by Parke, Davis and Co., American, 1931 to 1960.

Metal container of dried cannabis

1931-1960
Amber glass bottle of 100 gelatin-coated sedative pills with cork stopper. 100 mm x 35 mm x 23 mm, 66g. Label reads, '.../No. 593/SEDATIVE/Ext. Sumbul/.../ Ext. Hyoscymus.../Ext. Valerian.../Ext. Indian Cannabis.../Dose: 1 to 2 pills/.../PARKE, DAVIS & Co./LONDON'. Cork stopper is glazedin an adhesive and bears a logo with the name 'Medicamenta Vera'. Produced by by Parke, Davis and Co., London, 1910-1940.

Bottle of sedative pills

1910-1940
Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper containing Chlorodyne tablets (morphine hydrochloride, cannabis, nitroglycerine, capsicine and peppermint). 100 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm, 135g. Ferris & Co. Ltd , English, 1893-1900.

Bottle of Chlorodyne tablets

1893-1900
Glass bottle with cork stopper of Dr. J. Collis Brown's Chlorodyne Drops (Opium tincture, chloroform and cannabis) with original paper labelling. 102 mm x 26 mm diameter, 44 g. Dispensed by J.T. Damuford, English, 2nd half of 19th century.

Bottle of Dr J Collis Browne's chlorodyne drops

1851-1900