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Carton for 100 Tranxene 15mg capsules (clorazepate monopotassium) in blister packs, 27 capsules remaining. 80 mm x 150 mm x 38 mm, 27g. Made by Boehring Ingelheim, English, 1970-1985.

Carton for 100 Tranxene 15mg capsules, with 4 blister packs, containing 27 capsules remaining of (clorazepate monopotassium)

1970-1985
One cardboard box with removable lid containing 12, 1 ml. ampoules for making 'Gonan', a chorionic gonadotrophin injection. 65 mm x 75 mm x 75 mm, 52g. 3 pairs of ampoules remaining (one with water solution for each ampoule of the crystallised hormone) and a blade for scoring the ampoules. Chorionic gonadotrophin was used to increase fertility in both male and female patients. Directions for use on interior of lid reads, ' By the aid of a hypodermic syringe withdraw/ 1ml. of the water for injection and transfer/ it to the ampoule containing the powder./...' Manufactured by BDH, London, in March 1961.

12 1 ml. ampoules for making 'Gonan', a chorionic gonadotrophin injection

1961
Small box of 10 Veramon tablets (barbitone and amidopyrine) with original plastic wrapping. 85 mm x 20 mm,11 g. An advertisement from a 1930s Portugese magazine promotes Veramon tablets, 'Veramon is your best friend. Because it makes disappear the fair sex's illnesses, relieving pain and restoring well-being and good humour. If illness worsens, please see your doctor; but in the mean time discomfort can be safely and effectively avoided with Veramon.' Manufactured by Chemische Fabrik auf Actien, Berlin,Germany, 1871-1927.

Box of 10 Veramon tablets

1871-1927
12 tablets of blister packed Pharmidone tablets ( paracetamol, codeine phosphate and caffeine) in original carton.70 mm x 100 mm x 15 mm, 15g. By Farmitalia Carlo Erba, English, 1970-1985.

12 tablets of blister packed Pharmidone tablets

1970-1985
Carton of 16 physicians sample packs of 2 Veganin tablets (aspirin, paracetamol, and codeine) each. 45 mm x 83 mm x 44 mm, 34g. Produced by Wm. R. Warner, English, 1960-1980.

Carton of 8 physicians samples of Veganin tablets

1960-1980
Aluminium blister pack of 10 'Librium 10' (chlordiazepoxide) 10 mg tablets. Made by Roche Products Ltd. in Bombay, one of a selection of drugs and related material from India, 1975-1980.

Blister pack of ten Librium 10 tablets

1975-1980
One plastic container of 500 'Co-dydramol' (paracetamol and dihydrocodeine) tablets. 134 mm x 79 mm. Printed label reads, '500/ CO-DYDRAMOL/ Dihydrocodeine and/ paracetamol tablets/ (PARAMOL)/ DOSE/ Analgesia: Adults and children over/ 12 years-one tablet every four hours.../Antitussive: 1 tablet every four hours.../ Duncan Flockhart & Co. Ltd/... ' Manufactured by Duncan Flockhart, Ealing, London, 1960-1985.

Plastic container of 500 'Co-dydramol' tablets

1960-1985
Carton for Kodapod camera stand.

Carton for Kodapod

Two cardboard cartons for Pregnyl (Chorionic gonadotrophin injection), both for 12 ampoules with solvent, 5000 i.u., one carton contains two ampoules, one of solvent and one of gonadotrophin, for Pregnyl, by Organon Laboratories Ltd., England, and supplied by Organon Laboratories Ltd., Morden, Surrey, England, 1981; the other carton contains two ampoules of solvent and four of gonadotrophin, for Pregnyl, by Organon Laboratories Ltd., England, and supplied by Organon Laboratories Ltd., Morden, Surrey, England, 1957

Two carboard cartons for Pregnyl (Chorionic gonadotrphin injection)

1957; 1981
Cartons, 4, of adrenalin and chloretone suppositories, by Parke, Davis and Co. Ltd., English, 1920-1940

Suppositories of adrenalin and chloretone

1920-1940
Carton for 'Horlicks Mixer' glass-pyrex mixing vessel with integral whisk by Horlicks Ltd., Slough, England, 1938-1950

Carton for Horlicks Mixer

1938-1950
Blue phenobarbitone 1 gr. 'spanules' in original round carton. 19 mm x 41 mm diameter, 5g. Supplied by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, early twentieth century.

Carton of Phenobarbitone spanules

1900-1960
Carboard box containing 5 metal tubes, each of 6 'Energy tablets'. Overall: 15 mm x 64 mm x 20 mm, 24g. Inscriptions reads, 'ENERGY TABLETS/ (5 tubes each of 6 tablets)/ TO BE OPENED ONLY ON INSTRUCTIONS/FROM THE OFFICER IN COMMAND/The tablets should not be given to wounded men, neither should they be given to excitable/ or hysterical men or those whose minds are/ wandering: the tablets would make them worse/ If the conditions are very severe or there seems little hope/ of holding out for more thana few hours, start the/ tablets at once, giving two at sunrise, midday and sunset/...' Military Issue, probably English, Second World War.

Carboard box containing 5 metal cannisters, each of 6 'Energy tablets'. Overall: 15 mm x 64 mm x 20 mm

1930-1950
Bottle of 'Metrulen' tablets, with instructions, in original carton, made by G D Searle and Co, Chicago, Illinois, USA, and prepared by G D Searle & Company Limited, High Wycombe, England, 1963

Bottle of 'Metrulen' tablets with instructions in original carton

1963
Cartoon in pen and ink by Fantoni, relating to purchase of Herschel Album by National Portrait Gallery

Cartoon in pen and ink by Fantoni

6 ampoules of vitamin B1, in original carton, by Roche Products Ltd., English.

6 ampoules of vitamin B1

Tube of "Nivemycin" eye ointment, in original carton, by Boots Pure Drug Co. Ltd., English, 1950-1970

Tube of "Nivemycin" eye ointment

1950-1970
Bottle of "Coramine", in original carton, by Ciba Laboratories Ltd., English.

Bottle of "Coramine"

Rectangular metal box containing 2 packets of tartaric acid tablets, for German military use, German, 1907

Packets of tartaric acid tablets

1907
Unopened package with plastic wrapping containing 20 mg 'dragees' of Allercur (benzimidazole), German, 1940-1979

20mg 'dragees' of Allercur

Cardboard box containing 4 x 2 ml. ampoules of 'Mercardan' injections (meralluride and theophylline). English, 1950-1979.

Box containing ampoules of 'Mercardan' injections

Box containing 10 glass ampoules of Carbachol Injection (a cholinergic agonist often used during opthalmic surgery), expired October 1974. English, 1970-1974.

Glass ampoules of Carbachol Injection

Glass phial with cork stopper in cardboard box containing 15 'Hyperysin' tablets (papaverine nitrite), used as an 'antihypertensive and vasodilator'. Phial: 68 mm x 15 mm diameter, 14g. Produced by Hommel, made in Switerland, 1950-1979.

Glass phial with cork stopper in cardboard box, containing 15 'Hyperysin' tablets

1950-1979
Unopened box of 12 x 1 c.c. ampoules of Mercardan Injections (meralluride and theophylline). English, 1950-1979.

Box containing ampoules of 'Mercardan' injections

Cardboard carton, empty, used for containing Penicillin sodium salt vial and instruction leaflet, by Commercial Solvents Corporation, Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, United States, 1944

Cardboard carton

1944
Carton for commemorative mug, red printed design 'ASLEF a century of service 1880-1980'. Issued by Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen. Overall: 114 mm x 149 mm x 132 mm.

Carton for ASLEF centenary mug

1980
Carton for Synchrodek system, early 1960s.

Carton For Synchrodek

1960-1965
Brownie movie camera model II in original carton. Movie camera for 8mm film double run 25 foot spool. Kodak Cine-Ektanon lens F:13mm f/1.9-16, wheel stops. Clockwork motor drive; claw intermittent. folding optical frame finder, marked with frames for wide angle, normal and tele lenses. Rear sight adjustable for parallax correction. No H 16850.

Brownie movie camera model II in original carton

Exposure meter in leather case, instruction leaflets and an original carton box. Manufactured by Weston Electrical Instrument Corporation

Weston Universal Master II Exposure Meter

Tube of adrenalin ointment in original carton, by Parke, Davis and Co. Ltd., English, 1920-1940

Adrenalin ointment

1920-1940
Carton, cardboard containing small metal tin of 15 'Mepocrine' tablets. 0.1mg, by Imperial Chemicals (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd., Pharma-Union, Destelbergen concession for the Belgium Grand Duchy, Luxenbourg. One of ten anti-malarial drug preparations from ICI Ltd. (Pharmaceuticals Division), 1951-1975.

Carton, cardboard containing small metal tin of 15 'Mepocrine' tablets. 0.1mg

1951-1975
Two cartons, opened - one with a de-capping file - containing ten glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride, unsigned, Germany; one is supplied by Sanitats-Depot XVIII A. K., Frankfurt, Germany, 1916; the other carton is supplied by Sanitats-Depot VIII A. K., Coblenz, Germany, 1917

Two cartons - one with a de-capping file - containing ten glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride

Instamatic M12 movie camera original carton and packing. Kodak Limited, 1967-1969.

Instamatic M12 movie camera original carton and packing. Kodak Limited

1967-1969
Carton of 'Novatophan' by Chemische Fabrik auf Actien, made in Germany.

Carton of 'Novatophan' by Chemische Fabrik auf Actien

Cardboard carton, empty, used for containing Penicillin sodium salt vial and instruction leaflet, by Commercial Solvents Corporation, Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, United States, 1944

Cardboard carton

1944
Vial for Penicillin sodium salt, by Commercial Solvents Corporation, Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, United States, 1944

Vial for Penicillin sodium salt

1944
Instruction leaflet, for Penicillin sodium salt vial, by Commercial Solvents Corporation, Terre Haute, Vigo county, Indiana, United States, 1944

Instruction leaflet

1944
Carton of laxatives by Laboratoires Sauter, French

Carton of laxatives by Laboratoires Sauter, French

Carton of 'Iron Jelloids', no. 2A, with instructions, by the Iron Jelloids Co., Ltd., 205 City Road, London, EC1, England.

Carton of Iron Jelloids

Box for 500mg tablets? Orbenin (cloxacillin), c. 1976

Carton for Orbenin tablets (cloxacillin), 1976

1976
Carton containing vial of Protamine zinc insulin injection B.P., 80 units per ml, by The Wellcome Foundation, London, England, 1982-1984

Vial of Protamine zinc insulin injection, B.P.

1982-1984
Five cardboard cartons, each for ten glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride; four contain ten, whilst one carton only contains eight glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride; another carton contains an ampoule de-capping file; cartons supplied by Sanitats Depot VII, Munster, Germany; Garnisonlazarett, Munster, Germany; Garnisonlazarett, Cologne, Germany; and Sanitatsdepot XVIII, Frankfurt, Germany, unsigned, Germany, 1914-1915. Used by the German army during the First World War.

Five cardboard cartons

Bottle of 25 Mercloran emplets (chlormerodin), in original cardboard container. English, 1950-1979

Mercloran emplets

Unopened package of 25 Mercloran emplets, contain chlormerodrin, equivilant to 10 mg of mercury. English, 1950-1979

Mercloran emplets

Carton for 6 x 1ml. Ampoules of Hesoestrol Dipropionate, with one ampoule remaining. English, 1950-1979.

Carton for Hesoestrol Dipropionate

Unopened carton of 12 'Adrenalin and Chloretone Suppositories'. English, 1950-1979.

Carton of 'Adrenalin and Chloretone Suppositories'

Professional sample of 40 Syndol 'Analgesic tablets' (paracetamol, codeine and caffeine) in strips of four, unopened. 48 mm x 49 mm x 63 mm, 44g. Made by Merrell, English, 1970-1985.

Carton, with 10 strips of 4 Syndol tablets

1970-1985
Painted aluminium carton of 'Allenburys' Throat Pastilles (Terebene, Eucalyptus and Cocaine). 99 mm x 60 mm x 24 mm, 126 g. 54 pastilles in an elaborately decorated tin with blue and gold floral motifs. In original plastic covering. Front label of tin reads,'The Allenburys Throat Pastilles/ No. 69/ Terebene, Eucalyptus and Cocaine/ 54 pastilles, each containing/ Cocaine Hydrochloride gr. 1/60 Poison)/ Adult dose- One every two hours or as directed/ by the physician./ Manufactured by Allen & Hanburys Ltd./ London.' Manufactured by Allen and Hanburys, Ltd., London, 1920-1940.

Tin of 'Allenburys' Throat Pastilles

1920-1940
Carton for dispensing individual tablets of Equagesic tablets (ethaheptazine citrate, meprobamate and aspirin) in aluminium strip. 80 mm x 92 mm x 34 mm, 46g. Made by Wyeth, English, 1960-1985.

Carton for dispensing individual tablets of Equagesic tablets

1960-1985
Carton, opened, with folding lid containing seven glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride, unsigned, Germany, supplied by Sanitats-Depot XVIII A. K., Frankfurt, Germany, 1916

Carton, containing seven glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride