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Pewter box with sliding lid and central hole for knob (missing) of Theriac of Andromachus (aromatic water of theriac, bezoar stone and unicorn horn). 32 mm x 43 mm x 45 mm. Unknown maker, Italian, c. 1560s.

Pewter box of Teriaca d'Andromaco

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1562-1566

Square glass bottle with chamois-covered stopper full of 'Brown Compound Mixture' tablets (opium, benzoic acid, camphor, antimony, anise and ammonia chloride). 95 mm x 44 mm x 50 mm, 209g. Ferris & Co. Ltd , English, 1893-1900.

Bottle of Brown Mixture Compound tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1893-1900

Gutta-percha, square based bottle with stopper covered in chamois leather. Paper label around bottle. Bottle contained in paper sleeve. To contain Tabloid brand of Opium and Lead pills. Believed to have been administered to relieve intestinal pain.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1906-1920

Clear glass, rectangle-based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain 'Tabloid' brand of Opium and Rhubarb Compound tablets. Manufactured by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co. Believed to have been used for stomach disorders.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1908-1935

Metal canister of 'Placadol' (papaverine hydrochloride) tablets, with contents remaining. Height 42 mm x diameter 23 mm, weight 8g. Inscribed: 'TABLETS / Trade PLACADOL Mark / Antispasmodic / Each tablet contains: / Papaverine Hydrochloride B.P. 120 mgm / Homatropine Methylbromide 1.5 mgm./ POISON / WARD BLENKINSOP & CO LTD / LONDON - WIDNES / Made in England / 8644'. by Ward, Blenkinsop and Co., from Savory and Moore, made in England. English, 1940-1960.

Canister of 'Placadol' tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1940-1960

Glass bottle with cork stopper half-full of Aromatic Chalk Powder and Opium tablets. 101 mm x 45 mm x 29 mm, 92 g. Dispensed by Bradley and Bourdas, 6 Pont Street, Belgrave Square, London, SW1, England, 1920-1960.

Bottle of Aromatic Chalk Powder and opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1960

Glass bottle with cork stopper full of Tabloid brand 5 gr. Dover Powder tablets. 83 mm x 45 mm x 25 mm, 73g. Handwritten label on back of the bottle reads, 'From Stanley's Expedition'. By Burroughs Wellcome, Snow Hill, London, 1880-1900.

Glass bottle of Tabloid Dover Powder tablets

Medical Glass-ware

1880-1900

Rectangular glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering half-full of Dover's Powder. 73 mm x 28 mm x 23 mm, 63g. Produced by Savory and Moore, dispensed by T.J. Orton, Leamington, British, mid-nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Glass phial with rounded glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 102 mm x 20 mm diameter, 39g. Dispensed by Bucklee's, London, c. 1851.

Glass phial of Dover's powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851

Glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Compound Tincture of Camphor (TR. Camphora Co.), also known as paregoric, quarter-full. 119 mm x 50 mm x 41 mm, 213 g. Dispensed by R.D. Barton, London, 19th century.

Glass bottle of Paregoric

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Square guetta percha bottle of `Tabloid' brand Paregoric tablets (camphorated tincture of opium), opium 1/48gr. 115 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 57g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1900-1919.

Bottle of Paregoric tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1919

Glass bottle with glass stopper half-full of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium). 103 mm x 44 mm x 45 mm, 225 g. Dispensed by Parry and Garnham Chemists, London, c. 1830.

Glass bottle of paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1800-1840

Glass bottle with glass stopper for paregoric elixir, with traces remaining. 89 mm x 36 mm x 25mm, 99g. Supplied by John Moore, Covent Garden, c. 1820.

Bottle for paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1830

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir with trace contents remaining. 118 mm x 40 mm x 28 mm, 140g. By Dinneford and Ealing, English, 1830-1850.

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1850

Round glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces remaining. 105 mm x 30 mm diameter, 79g. Dispensed by G.S. Pedler, Fleet Street, English, c1830.

Bottle for Paregoric Elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1850

Glass bottle with chamois covering on cork of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets (opium and quinine). 110 mm x 22 mm, 45 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924.

Bottle of Warburg Tincture tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1906-1924

Glass bottle with round glass stopper full of `Tabloid' brand Dover powder tablets (opium and ipecac). 110 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 177 g. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1900-1909.

Glass bottle of Dover Powder tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1909

Rectangular glass dispensing bottle with glass stopper for laudanum (opium tincture) with trace contents. 89mm x 40 mm, 52 g. Printed label with red type face reads, 'LAUDUNUM. -POISON/CIVIL SERVICE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY/( LIMITED,)/28 HAYMARKET, LONDON. S.W/HENRY WEST CHEMIST AND DRUGGIST' Made by the Civil Service Co-operative Society, 28 Haymarket, London, England. Supplied by Henry West, chemist and druggist.

Glass bottle of laudanum

Medical Glass-ware

1880-1940

Slender glass bottle with ground glass stopper for 'Paregorick Elixir' (camphorated tincture of opium) with traces remaining. 122 mm x 40 mm x 27 mm, 170 g. Dispensed by Godfrey and Cooke, London, late nineteenth century.

Glass bottle for paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper and kid covering of Chalk and Opium powder, full. 126 mm x 63 mm x 39 mm, 132 g. Prepared by Squire chemists, Oxford Street, London, c. 1850.

Glass bottle of Opium and Chalk powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1860

Dark glass bottle with cork stopper full of 1 gr. compressed Opium tablets. 55 mm x 30 mm x 18 mm, 37g. Manufactured by Parke, Davis, London, English, 1920-1940.

Bottle of compressed opium tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Clear glass bottle with large glass stopper, paper label. Label inscribed 'papaver somniferum L'.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Clear glass bottle, with cut-glass stopper and transfer printed label. To contain a large number of opium lozenges (trochiscus opii). Each opium lozenge is impressed with 'opium 1/10 gr BP'. The transfer label is in the shape of a scroll and crest was one gold, though now dark.

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Clear glass, circle based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Containing approximately 6 ounces of pure meconic acid crystals. Said to have been prepared in 1844.

jar; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Glass bottle with cork stopper and paper cover full of No. 2 Diarrhoea Draught (Aromatic Confection, Opium Tincture and Catechu). 140 mm x 26 mm diameter. Made by Godfrey and Cooke, English, c. 1850.

Bottle of Diarrhoea Draught No. 2

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1849-1900

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with trace contents remaining. 105 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 140g. Dispensed by John Ellison, Liverpool, English, c1830.

Bottle for paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1820-1840

Wooden box with sliding lid containing chunks of 'Gum Opii', opium gum. 35 mm x 102 mm x 70 mm, 50.5g. Prepared by the Apprentice Chemists Association, England, c.1880.

Box of Opium gum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

6-sided blue glass poison bottle with cork stopper (broken) for 'The Drops' (opium tincture), with trace contents remaining. 86 mm x 31 mm diameter, 47g. Dispensed by James Garner, London, nineteenth century.

Blue glass bottle of 'The Drops'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Modern plastic rectangular transparent colourless box with hinged lid containing 5 small brown balls of a hard substance, padded with some white tissue paper. The box's lid is marked 'A642402(pt) Opium Balls (4) Controlled Drugs Coll 101 Oriental' that the contents are 5 balls rather than 4 as given on the lid.

Plastic box containing opium

Asian Medicine

Paper bag containing opium pills. Bag ripped contents lose within surrounding plastic bag.

bag; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering half-full of Dover's Powder. 59 mm x 32 mm x 27 mm, 83. Unknown maker, probably English, 1801-1850.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1850

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 61 mm x 32 mm x 27 mm, 81g. Unknown maker, Australian, c. 1860.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1870

Narrow rectangular bottle with chamois over stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 85 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 52 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Bottle of paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Yellow tin with hinged lid and clip fastening containing 9 paper-wrapped packets of ipecacunha and opium tablets (Pulv. Ipecac. op.). Overall: 64 mm x 72 mm x 36 mm, 131 g. Unknown maker, produced for Germany military use, 1914-1918.

Tin, for ipecacuanha and opium tablets, with 9 packets and 4 tablets

Therapeutics

1914-1918

Glass bottle with glass stopper (broken) approximately one quater full of Laudanum (opium tincture). 120 mm x 62 mm x 64 mm, 483g. Unknown maker, English, 1801-1900.

Bottle of Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Slender glass bottle with ground glass stopper containing Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 120 mm x 30 mm x 26 mm, 172g. Unknown maker, English, 1790-1830.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1790-1830

Small square glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label reading, 'LAUDANUM' (opium tincture), trace amounts remaining. 51 mm x 34 mm x 30 mm, Probably English, 1810-1825.

Small bottle of laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1810-1825

Pocket midwifery instrument set, cased, with catheter and two glass bottles with ground stoppers containing Opium tincture (Opii) and rye tincture (Secale). 66 mm x 158 mm x 32 mm, 205 g. Incomplete. English, 1851-1900

Leather midwifery kit with drugs

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1851-1900

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with traces of original contents remaining. 71 mm x 36 mm x 30 mm, 74g. Unknown maker, English, mid 19th century.

Glass bottle of Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Square glass bottle with glass stopper of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 60 mm x 33 mm x 29 mm, 69g. Label reads, ' Dover's Powder/ One of the most valuable Sundries we/ have. It may be used generally in febrile/ affections, and is particularly useful in Ca-/tarrh. It contains one-tenth of its weight of Opium/...' Unknown maker, English, early nineteeth century.

Bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1850

Green glass bottle with broken cork for 'The Remedy by Speciality, Preventative and Curative of Cholera, Diarrhea and Dysentary...', with dried contents remaining. 93 mm x 35 mm x 18 mm, 45g. Unknown maker, Indian, late nineteenth century.

Bottle of Cholera remedy

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1900

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Opium Linctus (Lict. Opii), with trace contents remaining. 120 mm x 42 mm x 30 mm, 135g. Unknown maker, English, c1850.

Bottle for Opium Linctus

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Small bottle with glass stopper full of powdered opium. 67 mm x 17 mm x 23 mm, 35g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Bottle of powdered opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1890

Rounded glass bottle with cut glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture) with traces of original contents remaining. 58 mm x 36 mm x 18 mm, 45g. Unknown maker, English, mid-nineteenth century.

Glass bottle for Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

Glass bottle of 'Aromatic Confection' with a chamois covering on the stopper. 105 mm x 30 mm, 120g. Handwritten label reads, 'Aromatic Confection/Dose 10 to 20 grains'. Probably English, 1830-1860

Bottle of aromatic confection

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1860

Wooden box with sliding lid containing 'Cap. Papav. Alb', dried white poppy capsules. 35 mm x 102 mm x 70 mm, 41g. Prepared by the Apprentice Chemists Association, England, c.1880.

Box of dried poppy capsules

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Iron canister with sliding bolt lid of Ipecac and Opium tablets in paper wrapping. 92 mm x 76 mm x 43 mm, 155g. Printed labels on tablet wrapping reads, ' Pulv. ipecac. opiat. 0,3/ Garnisonlazarett Nurnberg/ Ganitatsdepot III. A.K./ 1903'. Unknown maker, German probably Nuremburg, 1917-1918.

Iron canister of opium and ipecac tablets

Therapeutics

1917-1918

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 65 mm x 31 mm x 31 mm, 100g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1821-1840

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 109 mm x 47 mm x 46 mm, 287 g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830

Glass bottle fo paregoric elixir

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1821-1840

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper for sedative opium solution (Liq. Opii. Sed.), with dried traces remaining. 68 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm. Unknown maker, English, c. 1805.

Glass bottle of sedative opium solution

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1800-1830