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Hypodermic syringe with glass phials of drugs

Therapeutics

1885-1910

Brown glass bottle of cough mixture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1925-1960

Leatherette injection kit

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1910

2 litre bottle of Sedative Bismuth Mixture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1939-1970

Glass bottle of morphine sulphate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1985

Ribbed green glass poison bottle with glass stopper of Tincture of Morphine and Chloroform

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1979

Ammonium Chloride and morphine mixture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1976-1982

Glass bottle of ipecac and morphine lozenges

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1891=1920

Selection of microscope slide pieces, in cardboard

Microbiology

1850-1900

Rounded glass bottle with glass stopper and pink-chamois covering containing Dr. J. Collis Browne's patented Chlorodyne (morphine, chloroform and cannabis). Label reads, 'Dr. J. Collis Browne's/ CHLORODYNE/ An Invaluable Remedy in Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis/ Croup, Fever, Neuralgia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera, &c.' Dispensed by J.T. Davenport, English, 1850-1890.

Bottle of J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1890

Glass vial containing Tabloid brand of morphine sulphate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

2 litre bottle of Chloroform and Morphine Tincture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1960-1985

Rectangular cardboard box containing two cylidrical specimens, each labelled 'Anaesthetic compound'. Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited, English, c. 1910.

Cardboard box containing two cylinders of anaesthetic compound

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1910

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

Cardboard box, unopened, with folding lid containing 10 glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride. Box does not contain a file for de-capping the ampoule. The box is inscribed with the content and manufacturer details and a stamp 'feile im der meaning 'File in Box'. This item was manufactured in Germany during the First World War and is believed to have been issued for military use. Morphine hydrochloride is powerful analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of anxiety and apprehension.

ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917

Hinged orange cardboard box with white and red printed label. Contains 5 glass labelled ampoules. 2 are empty and broken and 3 have contents. The ampoules are sitting in divisions made with card. German product. Label on box states Graudenz. 10 zugeschmolzene Glasrohren zu 0,02 g Morphinum hydrochloricum in Losung von 1 ccm, kelmfrei gemacht 1915' (See note)

ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

Therapeutics

1910-1915

Hinged yellow cardboard box with white and red printed label. Contains 10 glass labelled ampoules. 3 are empty and broken and 7 have contents. The ampoules are sitting in divisions made with card. German product. Label on box states 'Sanitatsdepot 10 zugeschmolzene Glasrohren zu 0,02 g Morphinum hydrochloricum in Losung von 1 ccm, keimfrei gemacht' (See note)

ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

Therapeutics

1910-1918

Amber glass bottle with cork stopper of "Valibrom Compound Elixir" (contains chloralformamamide, potassium bromide and morphine). 181 mm x 59 mm x 37 mm, 416 g. Advertised on the label as a 'Harmless Sedative and Hypnotic'. By the British Drug Houses, London, 1940-1970.

Bottle of Elixir Valibrom

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1970

Square glass bottle of Chloroform and Morphine tincture in a leather covering. 120 mm x 40 mm x 35 mm, 176g. Faded inscription reads, 'TR. CHLORO (illegible) MORPH Co.' Burroughs Wellcome, London, 1900-1919.

Bottle of Chloroform and morphine tincture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1919

Leatherette and velvet lined case for a hypodermic syringe (missing) with three medicament bottles (Ergotine, Apomorphine and Morphine). Overall: 69 mm x 98 mm x 22 mm, 64 g. By Charles Green and Co., London, 1885-1910.

Hypodermic syringe case with medicament bottles

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1885-1910

Amber glass bottle with cork stopper one-third full of 'Anodyne Pine Expectorant'. 203 mm x 72 mm diameter, 418 g. Made by Parke, Davis and Co., London, early twentieth century.

Bottle of Anodyne Pine Expectorant

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1950

Yellow metal container with hinged lid and metal bar-clip. Containing two packs of morphine hydrochloride tablets. Each pack of ten tablets is wrapped in paper. Initially this package would have been supplied with more than the two present rolls of tablets.

container; controlled drug; morphine

Therapeutics

Glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label containing morphine and atropine (possibly liquid for injection).

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

Glass phial with cork stopper used for Muriate of morphia (morphine), with trace contents remaining. 85 mm x 20 mm diameter. Handwritten label reads, 'Solution of/Muriate of Morphia/Poison'. Probably Scottish, 1831-1850.

Phial for 'Solution of Muriale of Morphia'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1850

Glass bottle with glass stopper approximately one-quarter full of 'Chlorodyne' (morphine and chloroform). 130 mm x 63 mm x 40 mm, 233g. A handwritten note on the bottle indicates that the formula for this chlorodyne is Dr. Collis Browne's. Unkown maker, unknown origin, late nineteenth century.

Bottle of Chlorodyne

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1900

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918

One ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride. Wrapped in paper, wrapped in twine (previously cut and retied) and formerly sealed with a green wax seal of the distributor. Inscribed with the contents and have a stamp bearing the legend Army Medical Store 7 Feb 1921' and also possibly 'fifth field medical core [sic]'. Boxes of morphine are of German manufacture made and dated 1917/18. Morphine hydrochloride is analgesic and narcotic but it also has central stimulant actions. The chief uses of morphine are for the relief of pain, the procuring of sleep where sleeplessness is due to pain, the arrest of haemorrhage, the supression of cough and the relief of and apprehension.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1917-1918