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Bottle of the opiate painkiller 'Papine'

Medical Glass-ware

1890-1920

Brown glass bottle of aspirin and opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1970

Glass bottle with cork stopper of Dr. J. Collis Brown's Chlorodyne Drops (Opium tincture, chloroform and cannabis) with original paper labelling. 102 mm x 26 mm diameter, 44 g. Dispensed by J.T. Damuford, English, 2nd half of 19th century.

Bottle of Dr J Collis Browne's chlorodyne drops

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Bottle of 'Papine'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1950

Pewter theriac container

Pharmacy-ware

1603

Green poison bottle with lid labelled 'Opium Pulverat BP

Public Health & Hygiene

1964

Square glass dispensing bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering, full of Aromatic Confection Powder (contains opium). 108 mm x 36 mm x 37 mm. Unknown maker, English, after 1849.

Bottle of Aromatic Confection Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1849-1915

Syrup jar for poppy capsule syrup

Medical Ceramic-ware

1760-1860

Syrup jar for poppy syrup

Medical Ceramic-ware

1670-1770

Small glass bottle of compressed Dover's powder tablets with tin screw top from a small steel medicine chest. 70 mm x 20 mm x 25 mm, 30g. Labels on the chest reveal it was created for travellers to tropic areas. White paper label with black type face reads, ' Burroughs, Wellcome & Co/ 'Tabloids'/ of compressed/Dover Powder/5 gr./ Pulv. Ipecac. Co.)/ Directions.- 1 to 3 'tabloids'/ may be taken with a little water on/ retiring, to break up a cold, or an as-/astringent and anodyne in dysentery/ persistant diarrhoea or cholera, and/ for the relief of pain./ Snowhill Buildings, London, E.C.' The word 'poison' is stamped over the label in red. The term tabloid' medicines in compressed and measured doses was invented by Sir Henry Wellcome as early as 1884. Dover powder's key ingredient opium led it to be used as a cure for cholera, diarrheoa and the common cold. The mixture is usually comprised of opium, ipecac. and potassium sulphate. It was commonly used through the 1960s.

Small glass bottle of compressed Dover's powder tablets

Pharmacy-ware

1901-1930

Syrup jar for poppy syrup

Medical Ceramic-ware

1810-1830

Bottle for Dover Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1937-1938

Tin carton of Gee's Linctus Pastilles BPC (contains opium tincture). 19 mm x 78 mm x 89 mm, 104 g. Made by Smith Kendon Ltd., 132 Borough High Street, London, SE1, England, 1950-1965.

Carton of Gee's Linctus Pastilles

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1965

Square glass bottle with glass stopper used for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium) and Syrup of Squills, with traces of most recent contents remaining. 90 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 106g. Dispensed by Dadson of Manor Park, nineteenth century.

Bottle used for Paregoric Elixir and Syrup of Squills

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

2 litre glass bottle of Opiate Squill Linctus (Gee's Linctus), full. 300 mm x 100 mm diameter. Manufactured by Macarthys, English, 1960-1985.

2 litre glass bottle of Opiate Squill Linctus (Gee's Linctus), full

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1985

Square glass bottle with chamois covering on stopper of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum(opium tincture), bottle full. 132 mm x 44 mm x 44 mm, 272 g. Yellow chemists label reads, 'FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION/THE LINIMENT/From Savory & Moore/...... /of Chloroform/ with Laudanum./....' Savory & Moore, English, 1870-1901.

Bottle of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1901

Glass bottle with glass stopper approximately one quater full of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium). 110 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm, 275g. Dispensed by J. Young Pharmaceutical Chemist, Newport, Welsh, 1801-1900.

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Handleless syrup jar, tin-glazed earythenware, cherub and shell motif, used for opium syrup (S.E. MECON), empty. 185 mm x 138 mm diamter (foot), 797 g. Unknown maker, English, 1740-1760.

Syrup jar for opium

Medical Ceramic-ware

1740-1760

Slender glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois cover full of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium). 123 mm x 30 mm x 42 mm, 216 g. Dispensed by Fletcher & Palme, English, 1880-1914.

Glass bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1914

Blue glass poison bottle with broken cork stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with dried traces of contents remaining. 56 mm x 20 mm diameter, 18 g. Dispensed by Dinneford and Co., London, c.1834.

Blue glass poison bottle for Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820-1840

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum(opium tincture) with traces remaining. 115 mm x 38 mm x 28 mm, 91 g. Handwritten label reads, 'Laudunum/Dose 5 to 10 minims'. W. and T. Avery Ltd, England, 1870-1910.

Glass bottle of laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1910

Clear glass bottle for "Regepyrin" (antipyrine)and Pulv. Opii. (opium) tablets with cork stopper. 103 mm x 41 mm x 30 mm, 59 g. Handwritten notes on the bottle indicates it was re-used a number fo times, most recently for a mixture of 'Antipyrine' and 'Pulv. Opii' tablets. Boots The Chemists, English, 1890-1920.

Bottle of 'Regepyrin' and Opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1920

Blue glass bottle with cork stopper of Neboline Compound No. 14, 'Demulcent and sedative', 'compound camphor tincture'. 94 mm x 34 mm x 27 mm, 65g. Meant to be inhaled using a vaporiser. Made by Oppenheimer, Son and Co., Ltd., English, 1910-1940.

Bottle of Neboline Compound No. 14

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910-1940

Green glass poison bottle with bakelite lid full of Dover's Powder tablets (TAB. IPECAC. ET OPII). By Wright, Layman and Umney Ltd., English, 1920-1960.

Poison bottle of Dover's Powder tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1960

Square glass bottle with chamois-covered stopper full of 'Brown Compound Mixture' tablets (opium, benzoic acid, camphor, antimony, anise and ammonia chloride). 95 mm x 44 mm x 50 mm, 209g. Ferris & Co. Ltd , English, 1893-1900.

Bottle of Brown Mixture Compound tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1893-1900

Tall glass bottle with pewter lid for Sydenham's Laudanum (opium tincture), with trace contents remaining. 90 mm x 30 mm x 30 mm, 62g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1780.

Bottle for Sydenham's Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1750-1830

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture) with trace remaining. 104 mm x 30 mm, 99 g. Printed chemists label reads, 'CAUTION- This bottle to be kept seperate from all others/ LAUDANUM/ (poison)/ Prepared by/ G. Oldham and Co./...Dublin...'. G. Oldham and Co, Ireland, 1830-1860.

Bottle of Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1860

Ceramic, creamware ointment jar with paper label and metal cap. To contain approximately 8 ounces of ointment of gall with opium (unguentum gallae cum opio). Galls are the excrecenses on the twigs of the dyers oak, a small tree tree indiginous to Minor and Persia. They are formed by the irritation caused by the disposition of eggs by the gall wasp. The principle constituent of galls in gallotannic acid. Galls are powerfully astringent and when mixed with opium, an analgesic, it is used as a reliever in haemorrhoids.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Medical Ceramic-ware

1850-1900

Carton of six 1 c.c. ampoules of 'Omnopon' (opium alkaloids) with four glass ampoules remaining and instructional leaflet. Carton: 86 mm x 60 mm, 31 g total. Roche Products Limited, English, 1910-1940.

Six ampoule carton of 'Omnopon'

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1910-1940

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

Small glass bottle with glass stopper half-full of Dover's Powder. 71 mm x 23 mm x 18 mm, 38 g. By Cannan and Brydon, London, early nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1850

Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' Lead with Opium'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Lead with opium 4 gr.' written on the object in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Glass bottle labelled to contain lead with opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle with cork stopper and wax seal and paper label to contain sampleof narceine powder. Believed to have been prepared by Pelletier of France. Narceine is an alkaloid obtained from opium, and as such as weak narcotine-like action and can administered in a pill.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper full of Chalk and Opium tablets (Tab. Creta cum Opii). 110 mm x 45 mm x 55 mm, 271g. Unknown maker, English, late nineteenth century.

Bottle of Chalk and Opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Kino Compound Powder, B.P.'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'P. Kino Co: Gr. 5.' written on the object in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Glass bottle labelled to contain kino compound powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Glass bottle labelled "Tabloid' brand Pargoric'. The bottle is black in colour, opaque, and square in shape. 'Paregoric' written on the object in white lettering beneath the neck of the bottle. Sealed with a round stopper. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Glass bottle labelled as containing paregoric

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

Round card pill box with red paper covering for opium pills, with traces remaining. 22 mm x 30 mm diameter, 2 g. Unknown maker, English, 1831-1870.

Card pill box for opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Small clear glass bottle, with cork stopper and paper label, containing Brathwaite's Genuine Black Drop. Black Drop was a proprietary remedy of fermented vinegar of opium introduced around 1700. It contained more opium than most varieties of The label on this example reads 'Genuine Black Drop, Prepared By J.A. Brathwaite, Lancaster' and 'N.B. One Drop equal to four of Laudanum'.

Small clear glass bottle, with cork stopper and paper label, containing Brathwaite's Genuine Black Drop

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

c. 1801

Two canisters of "Hypotan Papaverine" tablets (Bromide, Opium), with instructions, in original cartons. 62 mm x 29 mm x 28 mm, 35g (each). Outer carton and label on aluminium canister are green with blue font and decorated with a red geometric border. The inner label reads,HYPOTAN/PAPAVERINE/Complete muscular/ antispasmodic/INDICATIONS/ arterial hypertension/vascular spasm/...' By Polypharma Laboratories Ltd., English, 1910-1950.

Two canisters of 'Hypotan Papaverine'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910-1950

Jar, with a plastic screw-top lid, one of two, containing opium electuary, labelled with 'D209', unsigned, England, 1985-1995; the opium electuary was originally stored in the (A638232/3) salt-glazed stoneware storage jar, unsigned, England, 1850-1900

Jar, with a plastic screw-top lid, one of two, containing opium electuary

Medical Ceramic-ware

1850-1900

Blown-glass drug jar, cylindrical, with parchment cover, labelled "Laud. Cinnab.", containing a resinous mixture of opium, saffron and cinnabar (mercury (II) sulfide). 119 mm x 65 mm diameter, 167 g. Unknown maker, Spanish, 17th or 18th century

Glass drug jar of Laudanum Cinnabar

Medical Glass-ware

1601-1800

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 bakelite bottle of `Tabloid' brand `Warburg Tincture' tablets (quinine and opium). 120 mm x 40 mm x 35 mm, 90g. Printed label reads,' Burroughs Wellcome & Co./ TABLOID brand/ WARBURG TINCTURE/.../Direction- The bowels having been/ freely opened, four to eight may be taken. with a draught of warm spirit and water, and/ the dose repeated in three or four hours.../As this preparation contains Opium in/ small medicinal doses it is labelled POISON...' Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, 1900-1919

Bottlw of 'Warburg Tincture' tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1919

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

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

"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

"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

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 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

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