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Hypodermic syringe with glass phials of drugs

1885-1910

Glass bottle of morphine sulphate

1960-1985

Glass vial containing Tabloid brand of morphine sulphate

2 litre bottle of Chloroform and Morphine Tincture

1960-1985

Leatherette injection kit

1901-1910

Phial of Morphine and Chloroform Tincture

1880-1925

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

1900-1979

Bottle of 'Papine'

1920-1950

Ammonium Chloride and morphine mixture

1976-1982

2 litre bottle of Sedative Bismuth Mixture

1939-1970

Glass bottle of ipecac and morphine lozenges

1891=1920
Clear glass, circle based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain approximately 16 ounces of morphine hydrochloride solution (liquor morphinae hydrochloridum)

Clear glass

1960-1985
Cardboard box, with sliding drawer, containing morphine suppositories.

Cardboard box, with sliding drawer, containing six morphine suppositories

Clear glass shop round with glass stopper for tincture of morphine with ipecacuanha, with some dried traces remaining. 195 mm x 55 mm diameter, 406g. English, late 19th century

Shop round for tincture of morphine and ipecac

1850-1900
Cardboard box containing brown glass jar, metal screw cap and paper label. To contain 100 Omnopon tablets consisting of the active ingredient papaveretum. These oral tablets are used as a powerful analgesic as they contain the alkaloids of opium that of morphine.

Cardboard box containing brown glass jar

1960-1985
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

1885-1910
Glass bottle of 'Indigestion Mixture' with bakelite lid, containing sodium bicarbonate, rhubarb, chloroform and morphine. 171 mm x 66 mm x 34 mm, 236 g. Printed label reads, '.../INDIGESTION/MIXTURE/An invaluable preparation for disorders of the/ Stomach and Digestion.../SAVORY & MOORE LTD./Chemists to the King/LONDON. W.1' Manufactured by Savory and Moore Ltd., English, 1910-1936.

Bottle of 'Indigestion Mixture'

1910-1936
Glass bottle for chalk and morphine tincture, with trace elements. Measures 240 mm height, x 78 mm diameter, 410g. Inscribed on paper label, printed 'TR CHALK [...]MORPH/N.F. TYLER, .../87 ABINGDON ROAD, KENSINGTON, W.8/...'. From N. F. Tyler's Chemist's Shop, 87 Abingdon Road, Kensington, London, W8, England.

Bottle of morphine tincture

1880-1920
Brown glass bottle, circle-based, half-fluted with cork stopper and paper label. To contain 500 ml of elixir of ethylmorphine and terpin (Elixir Aethylmorphinae et Terpini). With some contents. Manufactured by British Drug Houses, London.

Brown glass bottle labelled to contain 500 ml of ethylmorphine and terpin elixir

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

1917
One glass ampoule of morphine hydrochloride. 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.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

1912-1917
Cork-stoppered glass bottle of Dakin's Chlorodyne (Chloroform, Capsicum, Alcohol, Morphine and Atropine) in original carton. 90 mm x 24 mm x 23 mm, 49g. Manufactured by Wright, Layman & Umney Ltd., London, 1920-1940.

Bottle of Dakin's Chlorodyne

1920-1940
Small glass phial with cork stopper of morphine sulphate hypodermic tablets. 74 mm long, 1g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1890-1930.

Glass phial of morphine sulphate tablets

1890-1930
Glass bottle with metal lid full of Compound Syrup of Cocillana (contains opium, morphine hydrochloride and antimony). 162 mm x 51 mm x 30 mm, 309 g. Label reads, ' Expectorand, Sedative and Tonic Laxative...A soothing rememdy for irritating Coughs, Bronchitis and Chest and Lung troubles.' Produced by Wright, Layman and Umney Limited, early twentieth century.

Bottle of Compound Syrup of Cocillana

1901-1950
Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering full of Collis-Browne's Chlorodyne. 87 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 71g. Dispensed by Williams and Elvey Chemists, London, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

1801-1900
Cardboard box, with slide drawer containing 1 morphine acetate and extract of belladonna suppository.

suppository; controlled drug; morphine

Metal box with detachable lid containing 9 ampoules of morphine hydrochloride (0.02g in 1 cc solution). This product dates from around the First World War and is believed to have been manufactured in Germany, possibly for military use. Morphine is powerful 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 relief of anxiety and apprehension.

ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

1917
Yellow glass tube with cork stopper for Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets, 1/8 grain, with trace remaining. 70 mm x 5.5 mm 1g. Parke, Davis and Co., American, 1885-1920.

Glass phial for morphine sulphate

1885-1920
Glass vial with cork stopper and paper apron around the neck and paper label around the body. Containing Tabloid brand of morphine sulphate tablets. Morphine is an alkaloid of opium and as such is used as a analgesic.

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

Cardboard box, opened, with folding lid containing 7 glass ampoules of morphine hydrochloride. Broken box. 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 schachtel' meaning 'File in Box'. This item is believed to have been manufactured in Germany during the First World War and to have been issued for military use, though there is no label to prove this. Morphine hydrochloride is powerful analgesic 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 anxiety and apprehension.

ampoules; controlled drug; morphine

1913
Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper approximately half-full of Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform). 105 mm x 25 mm x 33 mm, 111g. Unknown maker, English, c1870.

Bottle of Chlorodyne

1860-1900
Glass phial with cork stopper of 25 1/4 gr. Morphine Sulphate hypodermic tablets. 45 mm long, 2g. Dispensed by Clay & Abraham, Ltd. Chemists, Liverpool, Manufactured by Parke, Davis and Co., London, 1890-1930.

Glass phial of morphine sulphate tablets

1890-1930
‘Monoject’ ampoule syringe of Morphine Hydrochloride, from "Attache Case" diagnostic bag, supposedly property of Dr. James Whiteside, Glasgow GP 1920-1945

‘Monoject’ ampoule syringe of Morphine Hydrochloride

1920-1945
Wooden chest labelled 'Tabletten' of 50 numbered, stoppered, glass phials of tablets. Chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm, phial: 100 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include aspirin, quinine, tannic acid, ipecacuanha, mercury, Dover's Powder (opium), and Veronal (barbital). Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.

Wooden chest of drugs in glass phials

1900-1918
Large glass drug jar with glass lid for Liquorice and Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform) pastilles, with traces remaining. 160 mm x 115 mm diameter. Unknown maker, English, late nineteenth century.

Glass drug jar with glass lid for Liquorice and Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform) pastilles

1840-1910
One glass ampoule of morphine hydrochloride. 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.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

1912-1917
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

1940-1970
Leather-covered gutta percha bottle, containing chloroform and morphine compound tincture (chlorodyne). 118 mm x 39 mm x 39 mm, 164 g. Prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1920.

Leather-covered bottle of Chlorodyne

1906-1920
Brown glass bottle, circle-based, half-fluted with cork stopper and paper label. To contain 500 ml of elixir of ethylmorphine and terpin (Elixir Aethylmorphinae et Terpini). With some contents. Manufactured by British Drug Houses, London.

Brown glass bottle labelled to contain 500 ml of ethylmorphine and terpin elixir

Blue glass, rectangle-based, half ribbed bottle, with a paper label, glass stopper and paper seal. Labelled 'Injectio Morphinae Hypodermica, B.P. 1885'; (Hypodermic Injection of Morphine). Manufactured to the British Pharmacopoeia 1885. The bottle labelled 'Poison' and 'Not To Be Taken'. The bottle dates from between 1895-1922.

Bottle, with glass stopper, containing 'Injectio Morphinae Hypodermica, B.P. 1885'

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

1901-1950
Corked yellow glass phial with printed black and blue paper label, to contain 20 hypodermic tablets, held in place with wadding. Label states ' No.3. POISON. Trade mark 'TABLOID' Brand. Hypodermic. Morphine Sulphate. Each product contains gr.1/4 gm.)Burroughs Wellcome and Co. London (Eng.) Made in England' Bottom of phial broken. Tablets in bag containing phial. Tablets are loose.

phial; controlled drug; morphine

Clear glass, circle shaped base with glass stopper and paper label. To contain approximately 24 ounces of morphine hydrochloride solution (liquor morphinae hydrochloridum). Most contents remaining.

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

Clear glass, circle based bottle with cut glass stopper and transfer printed label. Containing unknown quantity of octagonal-shaped morphine lozenges (Trochisci morphinae). Each lozenge is impressed with the legend 'MORPHIA 1/20 GR BP'. Believed to mostly complete. Label reads 'TR. MORPHIA' though this is present over a former inscription 'PULV. MORPHIA' or powdered morphine.

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

1851-1900
Carton, containing glass 1 centilitre ampoule with paper label. Containing Omnopon brand of morphine hydrochloride for injection.

Ampoule of morphine hydrochloride for injection

1900-1960
One glass ampoule of morphine hydrochloride. 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.

Ampoule containing morphine hydrochloride

1912-1917
Three cartons, sealed: each containing ten ampoules of morphine hydrochloride + de-capping file, Germany, 1916-1917

Three cartons, each containing ten morphine hydrochloride ampoules

Three blue parcels, wrapped in twine, with a wax seal: each containing four cartons of ten ampoules, that contain morphine hydrochloride, unsigned, supplied by Woolwich Medical Store, Woolwich, London, England, 1920-1921

Three paper parcels of four cartons containing morphine hydrochloride ampoules

Engraved pocket syringe kit inside cotton draw-string pouch, containing a syringe and 7 glass phials of hypodermic tablets (morphine and atropine, morphine sulphate, atropine, cocaine, strychnine). Parke Davis & Co., English, c. 1930.

Engraved pocket syringe kit inside cotton draw-string pouch

1930
Hypodermic syringe, glass and silver plated brass, in aluminium case, with syringe cleaner and two glass tubes with cork stoppers for Strychnine sulphate and Morphine and Atropine Sulphate (compound) tablets. Case by Allen and Hanburys, London, 1890-1910. Medicaments by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London.

Case for syringe with phials

1890-1910