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Glass bottle of liquid Laudanum (Opium Tincture), contains brown fluid, with glass stopper, from medicine chest, France, 1751-1850. Unknown maker, probably prepared by Prozet of Orleans, part of Debacq collection.

Bottle of liquid laudanum from medicine chest

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1750-1850

Tall glass bottle with glass stopper full of Aromatic Chalk Powder. 105 mm x 32 mm x 40 mm, 193g. Dispensed by J. Fuller for the Army and Navy Stores, London, c. 1870.

Bottle of Aromatic Chalk Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1865-1890

Canister of "Warburg's Fever Pills" (contains opium and quinine). 70 mm x 60 mm diameter. Made by the British Drug Houses Ltd., London, 1930.

Canister of "Warburg's Fever Pills" (contains opium and quinine)

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930

Glass bottle with metal screw top for nepenthe with traces remaining. 107 mm x 32 mm diameter, 70 g. S Maw, Son & Thompson, English, 1870-1900.

Glass bottle for nepenthe

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1870-1900

Glass bottle, containing aspirin, Dover's Powder (with opium) and phenacetin compound tablets. 103 mm x 53 mm diameter, 190 g. Printed label reads, 'TABLETS/ASPIRIN B.P. gr 6/DOVER'S POWDER B.P. gr 2/ PHENACETIN B.P. gr 2 1/2/POISON/MANUFACTURED IN ENGLAND BY/ ALLEN & HANBURYS LTD. LONDON E2'. Manufactured by Allen and Hanburys Ltd., London, 1920-1950.

Glass bottle of aspirin and Dover's powder tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1950

Glass bottle of "Omnopon" (opium alkaloid) tablets with aluminium screw top in original carton with traces remaining. Carton: 47 mm x 29 mm, 15 g total. Supplied by Hoffmann-La Roche, English, 1910-1940.

Glass bottle of 'Omnopon' tablets in carton

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1910-1940

Square glass bottle for Laudanum (opium tincture) with cork stopper, trace contents remaining. 103 mm x 49 mm x 43 mm, 321 g. Dalmahoy, English, 1780-1820.

Glass bottle for laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1780-1820

Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Small glass jar with cold coloured metal lid and paper label. Containing extract of poppy.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass jar with paper label, no lid, containing opium pills.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Tall, rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 3 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass, square-based bottle, no label, with glass stopper, broken at shoulder. To contain tincture of opium (Laudanum). Only trace contents remain.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Containing approximately 4 ounces of Laudanum (Tincture of Opium). Manufactured by William Baker.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Glass, bottle with cork and wooden topped stopper and paper label to contain pills of opium and calomel (mercury subchloride).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Glass tube of 'Spasticine' tablets (benzyl succinal, papaverine hydrochloride, atropine), in original carton with metal lid. Carton: 115 mm x 20 mm x 20 mm, 26g. Produced by the Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute, Berne, Switzerland. Distributed by H. R. Napp Ltd., 3-4 Clement's Inn, London, WC2, England. 1930-1950

Tube of Spasticine tablets

Medical Glass-ware

1930-1950

Rectangular glass bottle used for paregoric elixir, with trace contents remaining. 103 mm x 33 mm x 23 mm. Chemists label reads, 'ROBERTSON/PAREGORIC ELIXIR/35, GEORGE STREET EDINBURGH/ CHEMIST/DRUGGIST'. Dispensed by Robertson chemists, Edinburgh, 1831-1870.

Bottle of paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Clear glass, circle based jar with top and bottom necks, cardboard cover. Glass rod inside. Containing three lumps of Malwah opium, different sizes. Glass rod covered in sealing wax. Label bears the legend 'Made in a gentleman's garden in Malwah'.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Medical Glass-ware

1851-1900

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper.Containing small piece of opium resin and a shard of paper. Unknown provenance.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass, oval based bottle with cork stopper. Paper label on front of bottle. Containing an estimated 288 Tabloid brand of Lead and Opium tablets. Paper label on reverse reads 'from Stanley, Expedition'.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Medical Glass-ware

1880-1900

Rectangular glass bottle with ground glass stopper full of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium). 115 mm x 40 mm x 26 mm, 174 g. Dispensed by Davies & Co., London, mid-nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Round glass bottle with red card stopper full of Dover's Powder. 47 mm x 35 mm, 65 g. Dispensed by T.C. Lester Chemist, Hull, 1820-1850.

Round glass bottle of Dover's Podwer

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820-1850

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper for Chlorodyne, with traces remaining. 109 mm x 34 mm x 24 mm, 89 g. Handwritten label reads, 'POISON/Shake the Bottle./Chlorodyne/Dose 5 to 20 minims'. W and T Avery Ltd., England, 1870-1910.

Glass bottle for Chlorodyne

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1910

Albarello jar, or vase, earthenware, tin-glazed, for opium poppy seeds, or magnesium sulphate, unsigned, Spain, 1700-1799

Albarello jar, for poppy seeds

Medical Ceramic-ware

1701-1800

Eight sticks of opium resin, individually wrapped in paper and tied with string, unsigned

Eight sticks of opium resin, individually wrapped in paper and tied with string

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware, with handle and brown slip and relief decoration, from Cyprus, 1600 BC-1400 BC

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE

"Base Ring" juglet with a handle, of polished earthenware, with decorative relief bands and traces of dark slip, from Cyprus, 1600BC-1400BC

Bronze Age 'base ring' juglets, Cyprus, 16-15th century BC.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE

Clear glass, square-based bottle with cork stopper, covered in leather, and transfer label on the front. Containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium simplex.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Therapeutics

1871-1900

Clear glass, square-based bottle with glass stopper, chamois, leather covering and paper label. To contain aproximately 2 ounces of simple tincture of opium (Tinct. Opii. Simpl) (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 47 mm x 32 mm x 26 mm, 52 g. Unknown maker, English, 1820-1850.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820-1850

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Wooden drawer insert with brass handle and sliding top filled with powdered 'aromatic confection'. 38 mm x 62 mm x 60 mm, 67g. Handwritten label reads,Conf. Aromat/Dose/Ten Grains to/Half a dram. Unknown maker, probably English, 1810-1830.

Powdered 'aromatic confection', inside Mahogany drawer

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1830

Pewter canister with screw top mostly full with 'Diascordio', an ancient medical preparation which contains poppy syrup. 52 mm x 24 mm diameter, 45 g. Unknown maker, Italian, 1771-1850.

Canister of Diascordio

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1771-1850

Large wooden barrel filled with large dried poppy heads. Barrel: 320 mm x 500 mm diameter. Faded inscription, possibly in Arabic, is illegible. Unknown maker, possibly Turkish, 1801-1930.

Large wooden barrel filled with dried poppy heads; controlled drug

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1930

Large pewter box with sliding lid and knob, containing a dried block of Mithridate. 36 mm x 58 mm x 56 mm. Unknown maker, Italian, c. 1560s.

Pewter box of Mithridate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1562-1566

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with a small amount of liquid remaining. 65 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm, 55g. Unknown maker, French, 18th century.

Bottle of Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1700-1850

Brown stoneware drug jar, cylindrical with japanned metal lid, moulded Royal Coat-of-arms and painted label on side, "OPIUM OPT:" with traces remaining. 170 mm x 137 mm diameter, 1164 g. Unknown maker, English, early nineteenth century.

Stoneware drug jar for opium

Medical Ceramic-ware

1816-1837

Small clear glass bottle with chamois covering on stopper full of 'Laudano Liquido del Sydenham' (Sydenham's laudanum or opium tincture). 70 mm x 23 mm diameter, 38g. Prepared by Fratelli Zanelli, Bologna, Gorga collection, Italian, 1851-1910.

Small bottle of Laudano Liquido

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1910

Pewter canister with screw top containing 'Teriaca' or Theriac, an ancient medical preparation which contains poppy syrup. 52 mm x 25 mm diameter, 38 g. Unknown maker, Italian, 1771-1850.

Canister of Teriaca

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1771-1850

Painted opaline glass bottle with glass stopper inscribed "Laud:Liq:Syd:" or Sydenham's Laudanum (opium tincture). 154 mm x 78 mm, 175 g. Unknown maker, possibly German, 18th century.

Glass bottle for Sydenham's Laudanum

Medical Glass-ware

1701-1800

Small round red box made of card containing 6 black pills of Dover's Powder (Pil Hyd/c Doveri). Overall: 15 mm x 20 mm diameter, 2g. Unknown maker, English, 1810-1850.

Small red card box of Dover's Powder pills

Therapeutics

1810-1850

Glass bottle with glass stopper of Laudanum (opium tincture) with traces remaining. 102 mm x 42 mm x 31 mm, 118g. Printed labels on front and back of the bottle read, 'LAUDANUM- POISON'. Unknown maker, 1801-1850.

Bottle of Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1850

Small clear glass, circle-based bottle with glass stopper containing an unspecified quantity of powdered opium.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Glass bottle containing suspected controlled drug opium tincture, part of the Haemostatic set, London, England, 1871-1900.

Glass bottle containing suspected opium tincture, London, England, 1871-1900

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1871-1900

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1906-1920

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1858-1900

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1919

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 103 mm x 35 mm x 31 mm, 140 g. Produced by Savory and Moore, Ltd., London, 1863-1901.

Glass bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1863-1901

Square glass bottle with broken glass stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium). Instructions reads, 'Prepared in Accordance/ with the New Pharmacopoeia/ Dose: Adults 1 to 2 drams/ children 10 to 20 drops/ from 2 to 4 years'. 100 mm x 25 mm x 33 mm, 123g. Dispensed by Twinberrow, London, 1830-1864.

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1864