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Rectangular glass bottle with paper-covered cork stopper approximately one-quarter full of 'Syr. Diacody', or Diascorde syrup. 110 mm x 68 mm x 55 mm, 239g. Unknown maker, Italian, 1780-1850.

Glass bottle of 'Diacody Syrup'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1780-1850

Pewter canister of Mithridate (Mitria...). 52 mm x 24 mm diameter, 38 g. Unknown maker, Italian, 1771-1850.

Pewter canister of Mithridate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1771-1850

Pewter canister containing 'Mitridato' (mithridate). 50 mm x 23 mm diameter, 47 g. From Gorga collection, Italian, 1775-1850.

Container of Mithridate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1778-1850

Small blue glass bottle with metal lid containing 'Triaca' (Theriac). 55 mm x 22 mm diameter, 26 g. Prepared by Fratelli Zanelli, Bologna, Gorga collection, Italian, 1851-1910.

Small poison bottle of Triaca

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1910

Sqaure glass bottle with pewter top containing 'Laudano' (Laudanum). 65 mm x 27 mm x 25 mm, 43g. Unknown maker, Italian, 1771-1850.

Glass bottle of 'Laudano'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1771-1850

Cylindrical glass jar with leather covering and painted label for "Laud.S.Op. Hart." (Opium Tincture with Hartshorn), traces remaining. 115 mm x 66 mm diameter, 103g. Unknown maker, probably Spanish, 17th or 18th century.

Glass jar for Laudanum and Hartshorn

Medical Glass-ware

1601-1800

Glass bottle with glass stopper for paregoric elixir (camphorated tincture of opium) with traces remaining. 113 mm x 38 mm x 28 mm, 107 g. Unknown maker, English, 1870-1910.

Bottle for Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1910

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

Bottle to contain tincture of opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and red leather wrapper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Therapeutics

1917-1918

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Yellow tin with slide-bolt lid used for ipecacuha and opium tablets (Ipecac. opiat.) and peppermint tablets, contains 4 packets of tablets in paper and several loose tablets.

Canister for Opium and Ipecac tablets, with 3 packets of tablets, 8 loose tablets,1 packet, loose powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1914-1918

Square glass bottle with painted inscription for Laudanum (LAUD: HYSTER) (opium tincture) with traces remaining. 144 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm, 138g. Unknown maker, possibly German, 18th century.

Glass bottle for Laudanum

Medical Glass-ware

1701-1800

Small cylindrical clear glass bottle with cork stopper, contains 3 dried poppy heads from Persia. European bottle.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870

Glass bottle with ground glass stopper used for Spirit of Camphor, Paregoric and Laudanum(opium tincture), with brown traces remaining. 100 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 118g. Bottle was re-used for these different substances as labels are layered over each other. Dispensed by F. Blidberg, Forest Gate, London, 1870-1930.

Bottle for Paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Square glass dispensing bottle of 'Diarrhoea Powder'. 125 mm x 46 mm x 46 mm, 204g. Due to the fact that opium was a commonly used remedy for diarrhea, it is likely this bottle contains this drug. Handwritten notes on chemists label reads, 'SAVORY & MOORE,/ Chemists to the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,/ DIARRHEOA POWDER/ One teaspoonful after each/liquid motion, in water, with/ a few drops of Essence of/ Peppermint and (illegible)...'. Savory & Moore Ltd., English, 1870-1901.

Bottle of Diarrhoea Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1901

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper approximately half full of Aromatic Confection with chalk powder. 125 mm x 50 mm x 62 mm, 432g. Dispensed by William T. Cooper, English, mid 19th century.

Glass bottle of Aromatic Confection

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Glass bottle, broken, with cork stopper, used for Tabloid brand aromatic chalk tablets with opium, with traces remaining. 110 mm x 24 mm diameter, 17 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Bottle for aromatic chalk with opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1906-1924

Glass dispensing jar with metal screw top half-full of Dover's Powder (PULV. IPECAC. et OPII). 120 mm x 64 mm diameter, 287 g. By the British Drug Houses Ltd., England, 1940-1960.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1960

Rectangular glass bottle with cork stopper and paper covering full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 70 mm x 24 mm x 15 mm, 37g. Dispensed by John Moore, London, c.1820.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820

Tall glass bottle with glass stopper full of Aromatic Powder (contains opium). 116 mm x 25 mm x 32 mm, 111g. Dispensed by John Bell and Company, 338 Oxford Street, London, England, 1819-1850.

Bottle of Aromatic Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1819-1850

Glass bottle with flat glass stopper half-full of Tabloid brand Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium compressed tablets ( Pulv. Cretae Aromat. cum Opio). 142 mm x 43 mm x 43 mm, 178 g. By Burroughs Wellcome, English, 1900-1910.

Glass bottle of Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Wooden drawer for opium pills with some detritus remaining. 42 mm x 110 mm x 105 mm. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Drawer for opium pills

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

2 litre glass bottle half-full of Camphorated Tincture of Opium B.P. 290 mm x 100 mm diameter, 1995 g. Produced by Evans Medical, English, 1940-1970.

Bottle of Camphorated Tincture of Opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1970

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces remaining. 81 mm x 48 mm x 44 mm, 206 g. Unknown maker, probably English, c. 1820.

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1830

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 102 mm x 42 mm x 42 mm, 208 g. Unknown maker, probably English, 1810-1850.

Bottle of paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1850

Glass bottle with chamois covering over stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 80 mm x 35 mm x 50 mm, 151g. Unknown maker, English, 1801-1880.

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1880

Glass bottle with no stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture) with traces remaining. 142 mm x 27 mm diameter, 47 g. Unknown maker, probably English, 19th century.

Glass bottle for laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1880

Small glass jar with brass cap containing aromatic confection. Printed green label reads, 'AROMATIC CONFECT'. 42 mm x 33 mm x 27 mm, 52 g. Probably English, 19th century.

Small glass jar of Aromatic confection

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Square glass bottle with glass stopper of Liquid Laudanum (opium tincture). 64 mm x 32 mm x 32 mm, 69g. Unknown maker, probably English, c. 1830.

Glass bottle of laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1850

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering for Laudanum (opium tincture), with traces remaining. 70 mm x 50 mm x 25 mm, 65g. Dispensed by Savory and Moore, English, mid 19th century.

Bottle for laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with trace contents remaining. 110 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm, 132g. Unknown maker, English, mid-nineteenth century.

Bottle for Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1880

Pocket midwifery instrument set in leatherette case with metal catheter and two glass bottles with ground stoppers for Opium Tincture and Tr. Sec. Cornut (an early form of ergotamine). 70 mm x 37 mm x 32 mm, 185. Incomplete, inscribed ' Esquire Dukes'. English, 1851-1910.

Leatherette midwifery set

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1851-1910

Stoneware dispensing pot with tinned steel lid of poppy extract (EX: PAPAPAV), full. 81 mm x 72 mm, 439 g. Unknown maker, English, late 19th century.

Dispensing pot of poppy extract

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Narrow glass bottle with ground glass stopper containing an unidentitied brown liquid, half-full. 96 mm x 35 mm x 21 mm, 87 g. Most likely Chlorodyne based on partially obscured label. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Glass bottle of dark brown liquid: presumed chlorodyne

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Syrup jar, tin glazed earthenware, peacock feather motif, used for opium syrup, inscription "SYr:MECON". 185 mm x 143 mm diameter, 797g. Unknown maker, English, 1720-1750.

Syrup jar for poppy syrup

Medical Ceramic-ware

1720-1750

Small glass bottle with glass stopper containing a trace of chlorodyne tincture. 81 mm. Part of an antidote case of 6 drugs owned by Professor George Harley. Handwritten label reads, 'Chlorodyne'. Chlorodyne is a mixture of laudanum (an alcoholic solution of opium), tincture of cannabis and chloroform. It was invented in the 19th century by Dr. John Collis Browne as a treatment for cholera. It was sold as a patent medicine in the 19th and early 20th century and was used to treat coughs, diarrhoea, insomnia and to relieve pain. English, 1860-1890.

Glass bottle for chlorodyne tincture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1890

Clear glass bottle, with cork stopper, and paper label. Containing remains of poppy heads. Label inscribed 'Post or Dodda' and 'papaver somniferum, Linn, fam papaveraceae'. Poppies believed to be product of Lahore, India.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Gutta percha, long cylindrical container with cork and gutta percha screw cap, and paper label around. To contain Tabloid brand of Opium tablets. Used to relieve pain.

container; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1906-1920

Clear glass, circle based jar, broken, with no top. Containing large lumps of opium, different sizes. Labelled as originating from Constantinople.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Medical Glass-ware

1845

Brass box with removal lid containing a mass of prepared opium. Box has chinese symbols on lid.

box; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1920

Clear glass cylindrical bottle with cork stopper, covered in leather, and 2 paper labels on the front. Contains tincture of opium.

Glass cylindrical bottle with cork stopper, contains tincture of opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Circular clear glass jar with lid. Contains two large lumps of opium gum. Labelled 'GUM. OPII OPT. TURC., J.F. Macfarlan and Co., Edinburgh and London'.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Medical Glass-ware

Small glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering containing Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 63 mm x 33 mm x 28 mm, 94 g. Godfrey and Cooke, London, late nineteenth century.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Narrow glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering full of opium powder. 73 mm x 20 mm x 20 mm, 36g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1860.

Bottle of powdered opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1800-1880

Black poppy seeds, New Zealand, 1866. Used in Materia Medica lectures in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Black poppy seeds, used in Edinburgh Materia Medica lectures

Medical Glass-ware

1866

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha).62 mm x 35 mm x 27 mm, 63g. Unknown maker, English, c1830.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820-1840

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with traces of original contents remaining. 110 mm x 32 mm x 26 mm, 95g. Unknown maker, English, c1870.

Bottle for Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Round glass bottle with croken cork stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces of contents remaining. 95 mm x 25 mm diameter, 30g. Dispensed by Smith, Stanistreet and Co, Calcutta, India, 1831-1900.

Bottle for Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1900

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of 'Warburg's Tincture' tablets (opium and quinine). 95 mm x 44 mm x 50 mm, 208g. Ferris & Co. Ltd , English, 1893-1900.

Bottle of Warburg Tincture tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1893-1900