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Hypodermic syringe with glass phials of drugs

1885-1910

Small phial of atropine with cocaine

1880-1920

specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine

1880-1930

Hypodermic syringe for cocaine

1880-1910

Clear glass bottle containing a glass corked phial of atropine opthalmic tablets, and a glass corked phial of cocaine hydrchloride opthalmic tablets. Both phials are complete with content. Cocaine Hydrochloride phial is inscribed: 'OPTHALMIC TABLETS / (Ferris) Ref OC 2. / COCAIN. HYDROCH., / 1/50gr. / POISON / Ferris & Co. Ld. [sic] Bristol.'. Phials made by Ferris and Co. Ltd., Bristol. English, 1890-1900.

Glass bottle containing a phial of adrenaline opthalmic tablets, and a phial of cocaine hydrchloride opthalmic tablets.

1890-1900

Glass vial, with paper labels and a cork stopper with a paper cover around the neck, containing 'Soloid' brand Cocaine Hydrochloride. The directions state; 'One dissolved in 10 minims of sterilised water makes a 10 per cent solution; or dissolved 20 minims, a 5 per cent solution; for producing local anaesthesia'. The preparation is labelled a poison under the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908.

Glass vial, with a cork stopper, containing 'Soloid' brand Cocaine Hydrochloride

Clear glass specimen jar with glass lid containing coca leaves (erithroxylum spruceanium Erythroxylaceae) from Peru.

specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine

1880-1920

Glass bottle with cork stopper for cocaine solution, with traces of contents remaining. 58 mm x 16 mm diameter, 11g. Dispensed by J. Chilwell, English, c1870.

Bottle for cocaine solution

1860-1900

Blue glass poison bottle with stopper covered in paper for No. 1 cocaine-based eye drops. 70 mm x 30 mm diameter, 42 g. The solution would have been applied to the eye using the brush attached to the cork. Dispensed by Wilkinson and Simpson Chemists, Newcastle, English, 1930-1960.

Glass poison bottle for No. 1 cocaine-based eye drops

1930-1960

Rectangular tin with hinged lid and recessed paper label and lined with waxed paper, to contain 54 of 'The Allenbury's Throat Pastilles No 44' containing the active ingredients Menthol and Cocaine, by Allen and Hanbury, London, England, 1920-1940

Tin, for containing Allenbury's Throat Pastilles No 44, with menthol and cocaine

1920-1940

Sample dish containing examples of dried coca leaves. Coca is the dried leaves of the erythroxylum coca or the erythroxylum truxillense (erythroxilaceae). Coca was formerly used for its stimulant action and for the relief of gastric, nausea and but it has no place in modern medicine (Martindale 34th ed 2005). The derivative is cocaine which has local anesthetic properties but is no longer used due to issues with abuse. Dish is sealed.

specimen dish; controlled drug; cocaine

1901-1940

Plastic specimen dish of cocaine lumps. 25 mm x 60 mm diameter, 57 g. Handwritten label reads, 'COCAINE'. Unknown maker, unknown origin.

Plastic specimen dish of cocaine lumps, label reads, 'COCAINE'

Glass bottle with cork stopper for Mentholated Throat compressed tablets no. 489, approximately 20 tablets remaining. 135 mm x 49 mm x 30 mm, 109g. Made by Savory and Moore Ltd., English, early twentieth century.

Bottle of Mentholated Throat tablets

1900-1950

Rectangular tin with hinged lid and recessed paper label and lined with waxed paper, to contain 54 of 'The Allenbury's Throat Pastilles No 44' containing the active ingredients Menthol and Cocaine, by Allen and Hanbury, London, England, 1920-1940

Tin, for containing Allenbury's Throat Pastilles No 44, with menthol and cocaine

1920-1940

Glass bottle with cork stopper with traces of Neboline Compound, no.5, (contains cocaine). 83 mm x 34 mm x 27 mm, 43 g. Prepared by Oppenheimer,Son and Co. Ltd. , London, 1910-1920.

Bottle of Neboline compound

1910-1920

Glass bottle with cork stopper in original plastic wrapping of 100 No. 489 compressed Mentholated Throat tablets (menthol, benzoic acid, cocaine, anise). 136 mm x 50 mm x 31 mm, 194g. Made by Parke,Davis and Co., English, early twentieth century.

Bottle of mentholated throat tablets

1900-1950

Clear glass sample jar with cork stopper in uderside opening, and paper label. Containing coca leaves. Used to supress the apetite and stimulate to exercision in travelling.

specimen jar; controlled drug; cocaine

1871-1920

Corked yellow glass phial with printed black and blue paper label, to contain 12 hypodermic tablets, held in place with wadding. Wadding in place, but no apparent contents. Label states ' Trade mark 'TABLOID' Brand. Hypodermic. Cocaine No.54 gr. 1/4 gr. (0.016 grm.) POISON.Burroughs Wellcome and Co. London (Eng.) Made in England.'

phial; controlled drug; cocaine

Cardboard box containing a glass bulbous bottle, with metal screw top and paper label, containing Opthalmic Drops No. 14. The active ingredients are cocaine hydrochloride and atropine sulphate, both were used in eye drops to dilate the pupil prior eye surgery.

bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

1930-1960

Clear glass pharmacy bottle, with glass stopper and transfer label. To contain lozenges of krameria and cocaine (trochiscus krameriae et cocainae). Some remaining.

bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

1850-1900

Engraved pocket syringe kit inside cotton draw-string pouch, containing a syringe and 7 glass phials of hypodermic tablets (morphine and atropine, morphine sulphate, atropine, cocaine, strychnine). Parke Davis & Co., English, c. 1930.

Engraved pocket syringe kit inside cotton draw-string pouch

1930

Corked yellow glass phial with white paper label containing gelatin discs. Label states 'Lamellae Cocainae Ph.B. 1/50 gr. (1.3 Mgm.) POISON Savory and Moore Ld. London 2M2121'

phial; controlled drug; cocaine

1910-1940

Rectangular yellow tin, used for 'Kokain Salzsaur' , cocaine hydrochloride, with traces of white powder remaining. 88 mm x 41 mm x 32 mm. Part of a field veterinary kit from the First World War. Made by H. Hauptner, Berlin, German, 1870-1918.

Rectangular yellow tin

1870-1918

Circular, cardboard pill box and lid. Containing two suppositories of cocaine (1/4 grains)

suppositories; controlled drug; cocaine

Small, blue glass ribbed triangular based bottle, with a paper label and cork stopper (sealed), containing Solution No. 1 - The Eye Drops. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome and Company. The solution contains 0.5% of cocaine alkaloid. The state 'To be applied to the affected eyeball by means of the camel hair brush in the bottle'. The preparation is labelled a poison. The bottle probably dates between the Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908 and the D.D.A., 1920.

Blue glass ribbed triangular based bottle, with a paper label and cork stopper (sealed), containing Solution No. 1

1908-1920

Cylindrical wooden cannister with wooden screw cap containing two glass phials with cork stoppers and paper labels. To contain 'Occulets' or opthalmic tablets of cocaine hydrochloride. Also present is a small camel hair brush.

canister; controlled drug; cocaine

1910-1950

Square cardboard box containing smaller oblong cardboard box, which in turn contains a glass vial cork stopped, for 50 opthalmic disks (lamellae) consisting of the active ingredients homatropine and cocaine. Also contained within the square box are fine brushes thought to be used for application.

phial; controlled drug; cocaine

1920-1950

Clear glass vial with cork stopper and paper label. Containing Soloid brand of cocaine hydrochloride and eucaine lactate tablets. Complete with all contents. Soloid tablets were to be mixed with water and applied to the skin.

bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

Brown glass rectangle based bottle, with cork stopper and paper label, containing Nasal, R 'B' (With Cocaine) tablets. Consisting of the active ingredients sodium bicarbonate, sodium biborate, sodium chloride, sodium benzoate, sodium salicylate, menthol, oil of eucalyptus, oil of wintergreen and cocaine hydrochloride. Indicated on the label 'For use as a douche, spray or gargle. 1 tablet should be powdered and dissolved in 2, 2.5, or 4 ounces of warm distilled water, according as a isotonic or hypotonic solution is required'. The preparation is labelled a Poison, but not D.D.A. (Dangerous Drugs Act). The Dangerous Drugs Act was introduced in 1922. The bottle probably dates from between 1908-1922.

bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

1890-1930

Glass phial, corked, containing white gelatin atropine and cocaine discs, by Savory and Moore Ltd, London, England, 1925-1940

Glass phial, corked, containing white gelatin cocaine and atropine discs

1925-1940

Painted aluminium carton of 'Allenburys' Throat Pastilles (Terebene, Eucalyptus and Cocaine). 99 mm x 60 mm x 24 mm, 126 g. 54 pastilles in an elaborately decorated tin with blue and gold floral motifs. In original plastic covering. Front label of tin reads,'The Allenburys Throat Pastilles/ No. 69/ Terebene, Eucalyptus and Cocaine/ 54 pastilles, each containing/ Cocaine Hydrochloride gr. 1/60 Poison)/ Adult dose- One every two hours or as directed/ by the physician./ Manufactured by Allen & Hanburys Ltd./ London.' Manufactured by Allen and Hanburys, Ltd., London, 1920-1940.

Tin of 'Allenburys' Throat Pastilles

1920-1940

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label to contain approximately 8 ounces of solution of coca (liquor coca). Some contents remain. Dispensed by Savory and Moore Ltd, London.

bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

1900-1952

Small ceramic, stoneware jar, approximately 1 ounce, with parchment lid tied on, to contain alcoholic extract of coca leaves (extractum cocae).

jar; controlled drug; cocaine

1860-1920

Corked yellow glass phial with printed black and blue paper label, containing 12 hypodermic tablets, held in place with wadding. Label states ' Trade mark 'TABLOID' Brand. Hypodermic. Cocaine Hydrochloride. No.54 gr. 1/4 gr. (0.016 grm.) Wellcome and Co. London (Eng.) Made in England'

phial; controlled drug; cocaine

Round glass bottle with glass stopper for cocaine hydrochloride solution, with crystallised contents. 70 mm x 27 mm diameter, 35 g. Unknown maker, English, mid-nineteenth century.

Bottle for cocaine hydrochloride solution

1830-1880

Wooden canister with wooden screw cap and paper label to contain glass vial with cork stopper and paper label of lamellae of adrenaline and cocaine (lamellae adrenalinae et cocainae), a geletinous disc preparation for opthalmic use. When inserted the eye the preparation causes the pupil to dilate.

phial; controlled drug; cocaine

1920-1950

Gutta percha, long cylindrical canister with gutta percha screw cap, black cylindrical bottle and paper label around. To contain Soloid brand of cocaine hydrochloride tablets. Soloid tablets are to be mixed in 10 minims of distilled water to make a 10% solution or mixed in minims to create a 5% solution; for use in producing local anaesthesia.

canister; controlled drug; cocaine

1906-1920

Glass bottle with paper covered cork stopper for Neboline Compound No. 5 (contains cocaine), with traces remaining. 92 mm x 34 mm x 26 mm, 47 g. Made by Oppenheimer Son and Co. Ltd. of London, English, 1910-1940.

Bottle of Neboline Compound No. 5

1910-1940

Clear glass, circle based jar with glass stopper and paper label. Containing examples of coca leaves. Handwriten label on jar.

jar; controlled drug; cocaine

1860-1940

1 carton of ampoules (unknown quantity, possibly 10) containing cocaine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper and sealed with a wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend 'Woolwich Army Medical Store 5th 1921' and possibly '7 Field Medical Base(?) also sepearate label reading. Possibly a broken ampoule due to staining around box. 'Cocaine is the oldest local anaesthetic but because of systemic toxic effects and the danger of causing addiction its is now almost entirely restricted to opthalmic surgery and surgery of the ear nose and throat' (Martindale, 25th ed 1967).

ampoules; controlled drug; cocaine

1914-1918

Wooden canister with wooden screw cap and paper label to contain glass vial with cork stopper and paper label of lamellae of cocaine, a geletinous disc preparation for opthalmic use. When inserted into the eye the preparation causes the pupil to dilate.

phial; controlled drug; cocaine

Painted aluminium carton of 'Allenburys' Throat Pastilles (Phenol and Cocaine). 99 mm x 60 mm x 24 mm, 126 g. 54 pastilles in an elaborately decorated tin with blue and gold floral motifs. In original plastic covering. Front label of tin reads,'The Allenburys Throat Pastilles/ No. 64/ Phenol and Cocaine/ 54 pastilles, each containing/ Cocaine Hydrochloride gr. 1/66 Poison)/ Adult dose- One every two hours or as directed/ by the physician./ Manufactured by Allen & Hanburys Ltd./ London.' Manufactured by Allen and Hanburys, Ltd., London, 1920-1940.

Carton of Allenbury's Throat Pastilles

1920-1940

Rectangular cardboard box containing two cylidrical specimens, each labelled 'Anaesthetic compound'. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Cardboard box containing two cylinders of anaesthetic compound

1910

Brown glass, circle based glass jar with plastic screw cap and paper label. Jar is sealed with resinous substance. Containing 5 grams of cocaine hydrochloride

Brown glass, circle based glass jar with plastic screw cap, containing 5 grams of cocaine hydrochloride

1950-1980