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Unopened packet of Diarrhoea draughts

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1849-1900

Brown glass bottle of aspirin and opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1950-1970

Bottle of 'Papine'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1950

Pewter theriac container

Pharmacy-ware

1603

Haemostatic set, London, England, 1871-1900

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1871-1900

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

Glass bottle with glass stopper for 'Cholera Drops' with traces of original contents remaining. 117 mm x 37 mm x 45 mm, 173g. Label reads, 'Cholera Drops/ A teaspoonful in a little/ water and repeat in an/ hour if required.' Bottle is dated to the 19th of August 1864. Dispensed by Decastro and Watson Chemists, English, 1864.

Bottle for Cholera Drops

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1864

Gutta percha tube for 1/2 gr. compressed Tabloid brand opium tablets, empty with possible traces remaining. 80 mm x 15 mm diameter. Interior of the tube is lined with wax paper and contains a small amount of cotton, possibly obscuring traces of opium. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, 1900-1910.

Gutta Percha tube for Opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

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

Black gutta percha tube for 5 gr. Tabloid brand Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium tablets, with possible traces remaining. 89 mm x 19 mm diameter. Interior of the tube is lined with wax paper and contains a small amount of cotton, possibly obscuring traces of opium or remaining tablets. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, 1900-1910.

Gutta percha tube of Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

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

Clear glass shop round with glass stopper for opium liniment (LIN: OPII), with dried residues in base and neck. 205 mm x 77 mm diameter. This liniment would have been applied topically. Unknown maker, English, late nineteenth century.

Shop round for opium liniment

Medical Glass-ware

1840-1910

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

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

Paper packet tied with red string containing Bismuth and Opium powder (Bismuto e Oppio). 11 mm x 42 mm x 15 mm, 2 g. Prepared by Fratelli Zanelli, Bologna, Gorga collection, Italian, 1851-1910.

Paper packet containing Bismuth and Opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1910

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

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

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

Bottle, clear glass, leather covering over cork, of Cholera Tincture. This liquid is believed to contain opium tincture due to the fact most Cholera treatments contained opium. 116 mm x 44 mm x 24 mm, 100 g. Inscription reads:'CHOLERA TINCTURE/.../ FRANK BLISS & Co. / DISPENSING AND FAMILY CHEMISTS,/SIMLA'. Distributed by Frank Bliss and Co., Indian, 1851-1910.

Bottle of cholera tincture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1910

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

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

Rectangular glass shop round of paediatric opiate squill linctus (LINCT. SCILL. OPIAT. PRO INFANT) with liquid traces remaining. 240 mm x 45 mm x 90 mm, 496g. Unknown maker, English, 1920-1960.

Shop round of pediatric opiate squill linctus

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1960

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

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

Resinous lump, probably opium, no provenance, 1850-1920

Resinous lump, probably opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1920

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

Nickel-plated lidded glass phial, containing Pulv. Ipecac and Opium tablets, unsigned, Frankfurt, Germany, 1917. Used by the German Army.

Aluminium lidded glass phial, containing Pulv. Ipecac and Opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917

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

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

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

Blue glass shop round (without stopper) half-full of poppy syrup (SYR: RHOEAD). 220 mm x 85 mm diameter, 1147g. Unknown maker, English, second half of the 19th century.

Shop round of poppy syrup

Medical Glass-ware

1851-1900

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

Floral painted opaline glass shop round used for opium (OPIO), with traces remaining. By the Farmacia de Onate, Spain, 1850-1900.

Shop round for opium

Medical Glass-ware

1850-1900

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

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

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

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric (camphorated tincture of opium) with trace amounts remaining. 35 mm x 110 mm, 135 g. Seabury and Johnson, London, 1810-1840.

Bottle of Paregoric

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1840

Sealed bottle with bakelite lid full of Aromatic Powder of Chalk with Opium (Pulvis Cretae Aromaticus cum Opio). 100 mm x 54 mm diameter, 269 g. Produced by the British Drug Houses, English, 1960-1979.

Sealed bottle containing Aromatic Powder of Chalk with Opium (Pulvis Cretae Aromaticus cum Opio).

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1979

Small glass bottle of opium tablets with tin screw top from a small steel medicine chest. 70 mm x 20 mm x 25 mm, 38g. Labels on the chest reveal it was created for travellers to tropic areas. White paper label with black type face reads, ' POISON/ Burroughs, Wellcome & Co/ 'Tabloids'/ of compressed/ OPIUM 1/2 gr./ Directions.- One or two 'tab/ loids' may be swallowed with a/ little water as a sedative, or for / the relief of pain./ Snowhill Buildings, London, E.C.' The term tabloid' medicines in compressed and measured doses was invented by Sir Henry Wellcome as early as 1884.

Bottle of comprssed opium tablets

Pharmacy-ware

1901-1930

Small glass bottle of compressed lead and opium tablets with tin screw top from a small steel medicine chest. 70 mm x 20 mm x 25 mm, 28g. 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'/ LEAD AND OPIUM./ Anodyne and astringent./ In obstinante diarrhoea or dysen-/tary , one every six hours./ 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.

Small bottle of compressed lead and opium tablets

Pharmacy-ware

1901-1930

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

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

Glass bottle with flat glass stopper full of Tabloid brand Dover Powder tablets (ipecac and opium). 78 mm x 45 mm x 32 mm, 103 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1908-1935.

Bottle of compressed Dover Powder tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1908-1935

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