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Bottle of chloroform, United Kingdom, 1896-1945

Bottle of chloroform, United Kingdom, 1896-1945

1896-1945
Square iron canister of Tincture of Chloroform and Morphine (B.P. 1885), with contents remaining. 157 mm x 60 mm, 240g. Unknown maker, probably Maw or Arnolds, American, 1915-1916.

Iron canister of Morphine and Chloroform Tincture

1915-1916
Cylindrical bakelite tube for Compound Tincture of Chloroform and Morphine (chlorodyne) with traces remaining. 90 mm x 19 mm, 19g. Printed label reads, 'Burroughs Wellcome & Co./ SHAKE THE BOTTLE/ COMPOUND TINCTURE/ of/ CHLOROFORM and MORPHINE/ (chlorodyne)/ POISON/Direction.- For an adult, from five to/ ten minims may be taken in a wineglassful of/water...' By Burroughs Wellcome, English, 1907.

Bakelite tube for chlorodyne

1907
Glass bottle with glass stopper and metal case, used for chloroform, by Zeno and Co., London, 1920-1940

Glass bottle with glass stopper and metal case

1920-1940
Glass poison bottle with glass stopper, empty, used for Duncan's pure chloroform prepared by Duncan, Flockhart and Co., Edinburgh and London, 1920-1950

Glass poison bottle with glass stopper

1920-1950
Two steel canisters, empty, painted, inscribed with: “Tr. Chlorof et Morph B.P. 1885”, oblong and square in section, small neck in corner of top with screw thread cap, for chloroform and morphine tincture (trace remaining), unsigned, England, 1885. Used during the First World War.

Steel canister for Tincture of chloroform and morphine

1885
Two steel canisters, empty, painted, inscribed with: “Tr. Chlorof et Morph B.P. 1885”, oblong and square in section, small neck in corner of top with screw thread cap, for chloroform and morphine tincture (trace remaining), unsigned, England, 1885. Used during the First World War.

Steel canister for Tincture of chloroform and morphine

1885
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

1870-1901
1x2oz bottle of compound chloroform tincture B.P.C., 1928

Bottle of compound chloroform tincture B.P.C

1928