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Small glass bottle of opium tablets with tin screw top from a small steel medicine chest. 70 mm x 20 mm x 25 mm, 38g. Labels on the chest reveal it was created for travellers to tropic areas. White paper label with black type face reads, ' POISON/ Burroughs, Wellcome & Co/ 'Tabloids'/ of compressed/ OPIUM 1/2 gr./ Directions.- One or two 'tab/ loids' may be swallowed with a/ little water as a sedative, or for / the relief of pain./ Snowhill Buildings, London, E.C.' The term tabloid' medicines in compressed and measured doses was invented by Sir Henry Wellcome as early as 1884.

Bottle of comprssed opium tablets

Pharmacy-ware

1901-1930

Glass bottle containing suspected controlled drug opium tincture, part of the Haemostatic set, London, England, 1871-1900.

Glass bottle containing suspected opium tincture, London, England, 1871-1900

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1871-1900

Small glass bottle of compressed lead and opium tablets with tin screw top from a small steel medicine chest. 70 mm x 20 mm x 25 mm, 28g. Labels on the chest reveal it was created for travellers to tropic areas. White paper label with black type face reads, ' Burroughs, Wellcome & Co/ 'Tabloids'/ LEAD AND OPIUM./ Anodyne and astringent./ In obstinante diarrhoea or dysen-/tary , one every six hours./ Snowhill Buildings, London, E.C.' The word 'poison' is stamped over the label in red. The term tabloid' medicines in compressed and measured doses was invented by Sir Henry Wellcome as early as 1884.

Small bottle of compressed lead and opium tablets

Pharmacy-ware

1901-1930

Clear glass bottle with large glass stopper, paper label. Containing some narceine crystal flakes.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1841-1890

Small, clear glass, circle-based bottle with glass stopper and small paper label. To contain approximately 4 ounces of meconic acid, a derivative from opium.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1841-1890

Brown glass, circle based, unribbed pharmacy bottle woth metal, lose fitting cap to contain approximately 1 gallon of tincture of opium (tinctura opii) or Laudanum. This bottle is broken at the top and is very fragile. Over time the liquid has evaporated leaving a powdered deposit on base. Large whole shoulder of bottle, covered with Selotape. For storage purposes within a pharmacy. Label on front of bottle with identification number '26'.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Medical Glass-ware

1801-1850

Clear glass jar with glass stoper and small paper label. To contain apporximately 10 ounces of narcotine, an alkaloid obtained from opium. It has a midly depressant action upon the cerebral hemispheres. Its effect is similar to that of morphine on sensory cells but is much less marked. Like papaverine it relaxes the tone of plain muscle.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1841-1874

Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper approximately half full of 'Diarrhoea Powder' (opium and chalk). 57 mm x 37 mm x 37 mm, 99g. Dispensed by J. Martin, Bristol, English, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Diarrhoea Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric elixir (camphorated tincture of opium) with traces remaining. Printed label reads, 'PAREGORIC ELIXIR/ Giles & Son, Pharmaceutical Chemists...'. Giles and Son, Clifton, England, 1801-1850.

Bottle of Paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1850

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware, with handle, decorated with polished brown slip and double relief band, from Cyprus, 1600 BC-1400 BC

"Base-Ring" juglet made of earthenware, with handle

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1600-1400 BCE

Slender glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 106 mm x 31 mm x 28 mm, 119g. Dispensed by Taplin Chemists, Bristol, 1840-1880.

Glass bottle of paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1880

Glass dispensing bottle with trace residues remaining , labelled "LAUDANUM"(opium tincture). 96 mm x 26 mm diameter, 36 g. Printed pharmacy label reads, 'LAUNDUNUM. POISON/H.KING/FAMILY AND DISPENSING CHEMIST/ Post Office Street, Norwich/POISON'. Supplied by H. King, chemist in Norwich, English, 1880-1910.

Dispending bottle of laudanum

Medical Glass-ware

1880-1910

Glass bottle with bakelite lid half-full of compound Aspirin and Opium tablets (TAB. ACID. ACETYLSALICYL et OPII P.B.). By Southall Bros. and Barclay (1935) Ltd., English, 1930-1950.

Glass bottle of Aspirin and opium tablets

Medical Glass-ware

1930-1950

Ambler glass bottle of 100 compressed tablets of 'Aspirin compounded with Dover Powder' (aspirin, phenacetin and compound of ipecacuanha containing Dover Powder). 137 mm x 56 mm x 36 mm, 269 g. Printed label reads, '../ASPIRIN COMPOUND/WITH/DOVER POWDER/.../The proportion of Dover Powder in/ this tablet does not bring the product/ within the scope of the D.D.A./ PARKE, DAVIS/& COMPANY, LIMITED Inc U.S.A./HOUNSLOW near LONDON' Produced by Parke, Davis and Co., Ltd., English, 1920-1950.

Bottle of Aspirin compressed with Dover Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1950

Small clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain Laudanum, or Tincture of Opium. Believed to have possibly been from a small medicine chest. Contents mostly gone, remaining dry and congealed.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass, square based bottle with stopper and paper label. Believed to have been part of a medicine chest. To contain laudanum, or tincture of opium (tinctura opii). Shoulder broken, contents spilt. Shoulder and stopper inside bottle. Contents leaving powder behind.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass, test tube shaped bottle with cork and wood stopper containing powdered opium (pulveratum opii). Prepared by W R Baker of Sidcup.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Small clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain Laudanum, or Tincture of Opium. Believed to have possibly been from a small medicine chest. Contents mostly gone, remaining dry and congealed.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass, test tube shaped bottle with cork and wood stopper containing powdered opium (pulveratum opii). Prepared by W R Baker of Sidcup.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and red leather wrapper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper, chamois leather cover and paper label. To contain approximately 6 ounces of laudanum (tincture of opium).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass, circle based jar with top and bottom necks, broken paper cover. Containing three lumps of opium. Unknown origin.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Medical Glass-ware

Colourless glass bottle, with glass stopper and paper label, containing Laudanum (tincture of opium). The bottle is labelled a poison. Trace contents of evaporated substance. Manufactured by 'Savory and Moore, Chemists to the Queen, H.R.H. the of Wales, H.H. the Khedive of Egypt, and c.' The bottle probably dates between 1860-1890.

Bottle, with glass stopper, containing Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Twenty-two sticks of opium resin, individually wrapped in paper and tied with string, unsigned

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Clear glass, circle based jar with top an bottom necks, cardboard cover tied with string. The lid of the jar is broken. Containing two lumps of opium, different sizes.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Medical Glass-ware

Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Small clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain Laudanum, or Tincture of Opium. Believed to have possibly been from a small medicine chest.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Small circular bottle with aluminium coated cork stopper and ivory lid containing Dover's Powder. 44 mm x 18 mm diameter, 12 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Small glass bottle of Dover's powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Glass bottle with ground glass stopper for 'Elixir Paregoric' (camphorated tincture of opium) with traces remaining. 117 mm x 32 mm x 30 mm, 125g. Unknown maker, 1790-1830.

Glass bottle for 'Elixir Paregoric'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1790-1830

Rectangular glass bottle with ground glass stopper for Aromatic Chalk powder with opium ( P. Creta. C. c. Opio.), full. 71 mm x 46 mm x 29 mm, 116 g. Unknown maker, English, 1810-1850.

Bottle of Aromatic Chalk powder with opium

Therapeutics

1810-1850

Glass bottle with cork stopper of opium tincture with a trace remaining. Bottle is stained, probably from the evaporation of the alcohol in the tincture. Inscription reads, 'U3/K/Opium tinktur/F.' Unknown maker, probably German in origin, 1900-1910.

Glass bottle of opium tincture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Pewter container with screw top containing 'Theriaque', or Theriac. 72 mm x 35 mm diameter, 108 g. Unknown maker, French, 1731-1790.

Pewter container of 'Theriaque'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1731-1790

Small pewter canister with cap containing a solid mass of 'Teriaca de Venezia' or Venice Theriac, which contains opium. 61 mm x 35 mm diameter, 93 g. Unknown maker, Italian, 1750-1850.

Pewter container of Venice Theriac

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1750-1850

Short glass bottle with glass stopper of 'Pulv. Doveri' (Dover's Powder), approximately one third full. Unknown maker, English, 1831-1870.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Rectangular glass bottle with a glass stopper containing aromatic powder (chalk and opium powder). 108 mm x 33 mm x 26 mm, 120g. Unknown maker, Australian, c.1860.

Bottle of Aromatic Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1870

Square glass bottle with cut-glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 68 mm x 33 mm x 37 mm, 96g. Unknown maker, English, mid-nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Wooden chest specially made to hold 50 stoppered glass phials of tablets, 1 missing. Chest: 127 mm x 233 mm x 127 mm; Phials: 103 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include aspirin, quinine, rhubarb, tannic acid, mercurous chloride, morphine, Dover's Powder (ipecac and opium), ipecacuanha and phenazone. Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.

Wooden chest for 50 phials of drugs

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1918

Short square glass bottle full of 'Elixir Paregoric' (camphorated tincture of opium) with glass stopper. 78 mm x 45 mm x 39 mm, 206 g. Unknown maker, 1810-1825.

Glass bottle of Elixir Paregoric

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1825

Bottle, amber glass, cork stopper, for opium tincture, trace remains. Printed label on white paper with maroon text reads, 'Opiumtinktur'. 83mm x 32 mm x 22 mm, 56 g. Unknown maker, probably German, 1900-1910.

Amber glass bottle of opium tincture

Medical Glass-ware

1900-1910

Square glass bottle with glass stopper approximately one-quarter full of liquid Laudanum(opium tincture). 73 mm x 37 mm x 34 mm, 102g. Unknown maker, English, early nineteenth century.

Bottle of laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1850

Dispensing pot, stoneware, glazed, with tin lid of opium extract (X. OPII). 81 mm x 72 mm diameter, 392 g. Unknown maker, English, second half 19th century.

Dispensing pot of opium extract

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Glass bottle with glass stopper of 'P. Creta Aromati c. Opii' tablets (Aromatic powder with opium), half-full. 83 mm x 21 mm diameter at base, 42g. Burroughs Wellcome, London, c. 1860.

Bottle of P. Creta Aromat c. Opii tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with trace contents remaining. 105 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 150g. Unknown maker, English, c1830.

Bottle for Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820-1840

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1893-1900

Bevelled glass bottle with glass stopper, containing brown residue of opium tincture. 95 mm x 17 mm x 16 mm, 41 g. England, 1840-1860.

Bottle of liquid opium

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1840-1860