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Quinine pills in box

Quinine pills in box

Vial of Quinine from hypodermic syringe set. marked with ink below label '466'. by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., Berlin, 1910-1914

Vial of Quinine from hypodermic syringe set. marked with ink below label '466'. by Burroughs Wellcome and Co.

1910-1914

Bottle of 100 sugar coated Quinine (quinine sulphate) and Cinnamon tablets, made by Howards and Sons Ltd, Ilford, 1930-1955.

100 sugar coated Quinine and Cinnamon tablets

1930-1955

Gutta percha tube containing Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets, full of brown tablets. Height 107 mm x diameter 25 mm, 37.82 g. Inscribed: 'Burroughs Wellcome & Co. / TRADE MARK / 'TABLOID'/ BRAND/ Warburg Tincture / One represents / min. 30 (1.8 c,c.) /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 / if required. / As this preparation contains Opium in / small medical doses, it is labelled poison. / LONDON (ENG), SYDNEY, CAPE TOWN.'. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London. English, 1906-1920.

Gutta percha tube containing Tabloid Brand Warburg Tincture tablets

1906-1920

Glass bottle with cork stopper and kid covering of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets (opium, quinine). 106 mm x 19 mm diameter, 32g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co, London, 1890.

Glass bottle of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture

1890

Small amber glass bottle with cork stopper full of 25 quinine and urea hypodermic tablets. English, twentieth century

Glass bottle containing quinine and urea hypodermic tablets

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

1893-1900

Wooden chest made to hold 50 stoppered glass phials of tablets, containing 41 phials and some loose tablets. Chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm, phial: 100 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include phenazone, quinine, aspirin, mercury, ipecacuanha, and opium. Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.

Wooden chest containing glass phials of tablets

1900-1918

Small glass bottle with glass stopper full of round 'Warburg' tablets (contain opium and quinine). 90 mm x 30 mm x 20 mm, 59g. Ferris & Co. Ltd , English, 1893-1900.

Bottle of Warburg tablets

1893-1900

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

1900-1919

Glass bottle with chamois covering on cork of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets (opium and quinine). 110 mm x 22 mm, 45 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924.

Bottle of Warburg Tincture tablets

1906-1924

Glass bottle with cork stopper and cloth covering full of 30 min. Tabloid Warburg Tincture tablets. 78 mm x 21 mm diameter, 20 g. Handwritten inscription reads, 'FEVER'. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., English, 1910-1940.

Glass bottle with cork stopper and cloth covering, of Tabloid Warburg Tincture tablets. 78 mm x 21 mm diameter, inscription reads, 'FEVER'

1910-1940

Black gutta-percha tube full of 30 minims. compressed tablets of Warburg Tincture (contains quinine and opium). 108 mm x 20 mm diameter. Made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, c. 1900.

Black gutta-percha tube full of 30 minims. compressed tablets of Warburg Tincture. 108 mm x 20 mm diameter

1900

Brown glass bottle of chocolate-coated Febricula (laxative) tablets. Printed label reads, '100/ Chocolate-Coated/ Tablets/ NO. 197/ FEBRICULA/ (Cold, Laxative)/ Quinine Hydrobromide../Ipecacuahna and Opium.../Aloin../Calomel.../Powdered Capsicum.../Tincture of Aconite...' Parke, Davis and Co., London, preparer, 1900-1930.

Bottle of Febricula laxative tablets

1900-1930

Small glass bottle with chamois-covered cork stopper full of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture compressed tablets (contain opium and quinine). 80 mm x 19 mm diameter, 21 g. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1890-1920.

Bottle containing Tabloid Warburg Tincture

1890-1920

3 paper packets of tablets of phenazone salicylate, pehnazone and barbitone (Veronal), yellow-painted iron box with sliding bolt. 70 mm x 46 mm x 40 mm, 78g. Unknown maker, German Army Issue, Kassel, Germany, c. 1915.

Metal box for Phenazon containing paper packets of drugs

1915