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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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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