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Bottle of the opiate painkiller 'Papine'

1890-1920

Ammonium Chloride and morphine mixture

1976-1982

Leatherette injection kit

1901-1910

Clear glass shop round for liquid morphine, United States, 1862-1863

1862-1863

Phial of Morphine and Chloroform Tincture

1880-1925

Ribbed green glass poison bottle with glass stopper of Tincture of Morphine and Chloroform

1900-1979

2 litre bottle of Sedative Bismuth Mixture

1939-1970

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

Amber glass bottle with cork stopper one-third full of 'Anodyne Pine Expectorant'. 203 mm x 72 mm diameter, 418 g. Made by Parke, Davis and Co., London, early twentieth century.

Bottle of Anodyne Pine Expectorant

1901-1950

Clear glass shop round containing Chlorodyne lozenges (Tincture of Morphine and Chloroform). 186 mm x 74 mm diameter, 384 g. Unknown maker, English, late 19th century.

Shop round of Chlorodyne lozenges

1850-1900

Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper approximately containing of 'Dover's Powder' (ipecacuanha, opium, and morphine). 57 mm x 37 mm x 37 mm.

Dover Powder

1801-1900

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper approximately half-full of Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform). 105 mm x 25 mm x 33 mm, 111g. Unknown maker, English, c1870.

Bottle of Chlorodyne

1860-1900

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

Glass bottle of 'Indigestion Mixture' with bakelite lid, containing sodium bicarbonate, rhubarb, chloroform and morphine. 171 mm x 66 mm x 34 mm, 236 g. Printed label reads, '.../INDIGESTION/MIXTURE/An invaluable preparation for disorders of the/ Stomach and Digestion.../SAVORY & MOORE LTD./Chemists to the King/LONDON. W.1' Manufactured by Savory and Moore Ltd., English, 1910-1936.

Bottle of 'Indigestion Mixture'

1910-1936

Amber glass bottle with cork stopper of "Valibrom Compound Elixir" (contains chloralformamamide, potassium bromide and morphine). 181 mm x 59 mm x 37 mm, 416 g. Advertised on the label as a 'Harmless Sedative and Hypnotic'. By the British Drug Houses, London, 1940-1970.

Bottle of Elixir Valibrom

1940-1970

Large glass drug jar with glass lid for Liquorice and Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform) pastilles, with traces remaining. 160 mm x 115 mm diameter. Unknown maker, English, late nineteenth century.

Glass drug jar with glass lid for Liquorice and Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform) pastilles

1840-1910

Glass bottle for chalk and morphine tincture, with trace elements. Measures 240 mm height, x 78 mm diameter, 410g. Inscribed on paper label, printed 'TR CHALK [...]MORPH/N.F. TYLER, .../87 ABINGDON ROAD, KENSINGTON, W.8/...'. From N. F. Tyler's Chemist's Shop, 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington, London, W8, England.

Bottle of morphine tincture

1880-1920

Cork-stoppered glass bottle of Dakin's Chlorodyne (Chloroform, Capsicum, Alcohol, Morphine and Atropine) in original carton. 90 mm x 24 mm x 23 mm, 49g. Manufactured by Wright, Layman & Umney Ltd., London, 1920-1940.

Bottle of Dakin's Chlorodyne

1920-1940

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

Metal tin of "Tabloid" brand Linseed, Liquorice and Chlorodyne (chloroform and morphine) pastilles, with contents. 87mm x 67 mm x 26 mm. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1900-1930.

Tin of Tabloid Linseed, Liquorice and Chlorodyne pastilles

1900-1930

Amber glass bottle with glass stopper half-full of Aromatic Bismuth and Pepsine liquid (MIST. BISMUTH AROM. c. PEPSINO). 224 mm x 77 mm diameter, 725 g. Used as an anti-dyspeptic, ingredients include bismith, pepsine, chloroform, morphine, and nux vomica (strychnine). Gale, Baiss and Co., London, 1930-1970.

Bottle of Aromatic Bismuth and Pepsin

1930-1970

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Tabloid brand Paregoric pills (Camphorated Tincture of Opium). 110 mm x 15 mm diameter, 25 g. By Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1890.

Phial of Paregoric tablets

1890

Small bottle for morphia (morphine) bottle with ground glass stopper in wooden case with traces remaining. 78 mm x 22 mm diameter, 22 g. Unknown maker, possibly English, 1851 to 1920.

Bottle for morphia in a wooden case

1851-1920

Glass phial for 'Morphia' (morphine) with traces remaining. 93 mm long, 13 g. Engraved label reads, 'Morphia'. From Michael Faraday's chemical chest, unknown maker, English, c. 1820.

Glass phial for 'Morphia' (morphine) with traces remaining. 93 mm long

1820

Leather hypodermic syringe kit with purple silk and velvet lining, containing three four opaque glass phials for atropine, ergotine, pilocarpine and morphia, with trace contents, needles and syringe missing. Case: 24 mm x 84 mm x 87 mm; Phials: 69 mm x 13 mm diameter. Made by S. Maw Son & Thompson, English, 1870-1905.

Syringe kit with 4 phials

1870-1905

Small glass bottle with bakelite lid, with battered box, of Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne (Morphine, Chloroform, Codeine, Peppermint, Capsicum). 80 mm x 26 mm x 26 mm, 44 g. Manufactured by J.T. Davenport Ltd., London, 1930-1955.

Bottle of Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

1930-1955

Wooden chest specially made to hold 50 stoppered glass phials of tablets, 1 missing. Chest: 127 mm x 233 mm x 127 mm; Phials: 103 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include aspirin, quinine, rhubarb, tannic acid, mercurous chloride, morphine, Dover's Powder (ipecac and opium), ipecacuanha and phenazone. Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.

Wooden chest for 50 phials of drugs

1900-1918

Hypodermic syringe, glass and silver, in leatherette case, with 2 needles and 2 glass bottles with ground stoppers containing traces of Ergotin and Morphine, respectively. Overall: 42 mm x 118 mm x 22 mm, 62 g. By C. Wright and Co., 108 New Bond Street, London, England, 1871-1910.

Case for syringes with phials

1871-1910

Round glass bottle with glass stopper full of liquid morphine (Liq. Morphia.) 123 mm x 32 mm diameter, 138g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century

Round bottle of liquid morphine

1801-1900

Amber glass bottle with cork stopper approximately one-third full of 'Linctus Tussi Rubrum' cough linctus ( chlorodyne and hydrobromidic acid). 140 mm x 49 mm diameter, 212 g. Made by Corby, Stacey and Co. Ltd., English, 1890-1930.

Bottle of Linctus tussi Rubrum

1890-1930

Pocket dispensary with metal tabs for various drugs (including morphine and opium), tinned steel, with traces remaining. 67 mm x 87 mm x 17 mm, 116 g. Unknown maker, English, 1880-1920.

Tin steel pocket dispendary

1880-1920

Glass shop round with faceted glass stopper of Tincture of Chlorodyne lozenges (Tincture of Morphine and Chloroform). 204 mm x 76 mm diameter, 566 g. Unknown maker, English, late 19th century

Shop round of Chlorodyne Lozenges

1850-1900

Glass bottle, with glass stopper, for Dr. J. Collis Browne's patented Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform), dispensed by J.T. Davenport, London, England, 1850-1870. The bottle is from Dr. John Grigor’s (medical practitioner) medicine chest, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland.

Square bottle, for Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne, belonging to Dr. Grigor, Nairn, Scotland

1850-1870