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Bottle for Dover Powder

1937-1938

Small square glass bottle with chamois covering full of Dover's Powder. 40 mm x 28 mm x 22 mm, 31 g. Produced by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, c. 1870.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1870

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 52 mm x 33 mm x 33 mm, 88g. By Savory and Moore, London, 1862-1901.

Small bottle of Dover's powder

1863-1901

Small glass bottle with cork stopper and wooden cover full of Dover's Powder. 38 mm x 18 mm diameter, 16 g. Dispensed by J. Fuller Chemists, London, 1858-1900.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1858-1900

85ml glass bottle of Ipesandrine syrup (Ipecacuanha and Opium alkaloids with ephedrine and cherry laurel water) in original carton. 43 mm x 55 mm x 40 mm, 263g. By Sandoz Product Limited, London, 1950-1970.

Bottle of Ipesandrine Syrup

1950-1970

Plastic tube of Tabloid brand 5 gr. Dover Powder compressed tablets. 91 mm x 19 mm diameter, 27 g. By Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1905-1925.

Plastic tube of Dover Powder tablets

1905-1925

Clear glass shop round with glass stopper for tincture of morphine with ipecacuanha, with some dried traces remaining. 195 mm x 55 mm diameter, 406g. English, late 19th century

Shop round for tincture of morphine and ipecac

1850-1900

Four glass phials with metal caps containing ipecacuanha and opium tablets, 0.3 g, wrapped in paper, with two additional packets not in a phial. Each phial: 101 mm x 18 mm diameter, 21 g. Unknown maker, produced for the German Army by various depots in Frankfurt and Cologne, 1915-1916.

Four glass phials and two additional packets not in a phial, all containing ipecacuanha and opium

1915-1916

Gutta percha bottle with chamois covering full of 'Tabloid' brand 'Dover Powder' tablets (ipecac and opium). 118 mm x 39 mm x 39 mm, 163 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1920

Bottle full of Dover Powder tablets

1906-1920

Glass bottle with bakelite lid containing tablets of Aspirin and Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 103 mm x 56 mm diameter, 236 g. Prepared by The British Drug Houses Ltd., London, 1930-1960.

Bottle containing tablets of Aspirin and Dover's Powder

1930-1960

Glass bottle with cork stopper full of Tabloid brand 5 gr. Dover Powder tablets. 83 mm x 45 mm x 25 mm, 73g. Handwritten label on back of the bottle reads, 'From Stanley's Expedition'. By Burroughs Wellcome, Snow Hill, London, 1880-1900.

Glass bottle of Tabloid Dover Powder tablets

1880-1900

Square glass bottle with chamois covering containing a small quanitity of Dover's Powder. 62 mm x 32 mm x 32 mm, 70 g. Unknown maker, English, 1860-1900.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1860-1900

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 61 mm x 32 mm x 27 mm, 81g. Unknown maker, Australian, c. 1860.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1850-1870