Hypodermic tablets

Date
Pre 1916
 Description
Bryant and May matchbox, wooden cover with cardboard drawers. Contains five phials of hypodermic tablets.

History of Object

Included in contents of Dr. James Jamieson's medical bag (accession number MHM00074), who practised in Warrnambool and Melbourne, later lecturing in Obstetrics at Melbourne University. Jamieson became President of the Medical Society of Victoria in 1886. He died in 1916.
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Object detail

Date
Pre 1916
Medium
glass, strychnine sulphate, wood, cardboard, paper and ink
Measurements
box, 1.9 x 5.7 x 3.7 cm
Accession Number
MHM00091
Inscriptions
maker's mark ▫ box cover printed: 'BRYANT & MAY/BELL & CO PTY.LTD./MELBOURNE INPREGNATED/SAFETY MATCHES/TRADE MARK CROWN'
Object Type
pharmacology/medication
Medical History Museum Category
Pharmaceutical History
Museum
Medical History Museum

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