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Black tube of Tabloid brand min. 15 Paregoric pills (Compound Camphor Tincture), pills remaining. 91 mm x 19 mm diameter, 24 g. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1905-1925.

Guetta percha phial of Paregoric tablets

1905-1925

Guetta percha square black bottle with chamois covering on lid containing Tabloid brand Aromatic Chalk powder with opium tablets. 117 mm x 37 mm x 38 mm, 132g. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, early twentieth century.

Square guetta percha bottle of Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium

1900-1920

Square guetta percha bottle of `Tabloid' brand Paregoric tablets (camphorated tincture of opium), opium 1/48gr. 115 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 57g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1900-1919.

Bottle of Paregoric tablets

1900-1919

Square guetta percha bottle of `Tabloid' brand Ipecac with Squill tablets with opium, 1/5gr. 115 mm x 38 mm x 38 mm, 118g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, used in 1919.

Guetta percha bottle of Ipecac and Squill tablets

1900-1919

Black guetta percha tube for Opium and Lead tablets, now empty. 88 mm x 20 mm diameter, 19g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1924.

Bakelite tube for opium and lead tablets

1910-1924

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