Skip to main content
Science Museum Group
  • Collection
  • Learning
  • The group
  • Visit us
    • Locomotion
    • National Railway Museum
    • National Science and Media Museum
    • Science and Industry Museum
    • Science and Innovation Park
    • Science Museum

Collection

  • Search
  • About
  • Search
  • About
  • Collection
  • Learning
  • The group
  • Visit us
    • Locomotion
    • National Railway Museum
    • National Science and Media Museum
    • Science and Industry Museum
    • Science and Innovation Park
    • Science Museum

Search our collection

All 2 People 0 Objects 2 Documents 0
Clear all filters
Image
Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date
Glass bottle with glass stopper covered with white kid, containing Diarrhoea tablets, composed of 3 grams of bismuth subnitrate, 2 grams of pepsid. sacch., and 2 grams of aromatic chalk (not the variety with opium). By Ferris & Co Ltd., Bristol, United Kingdom, 1893-1900

Bottle of Diarrhoea tablets

1893-1900

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

1870-1901

The Science Museum Group

Locomotion
Locomotion
National Railway Museum
National Railway Museum
National Science and Media Museum
National Science and Media Museum
Science and Industry Museum
Science and Industry Museum
Science and Innovation Park
Science and Innovation Park
Science Museum
Science Museum
  • Privacy and cookies
  • Terms and conditions
  • Web accessibility
Back to Top