Burroughs Wellcome & Co Complete Antidote Case, Poisons and Antidotes

Maker
Burroughs Wellcome & Co (estab. 1880, closed 1995)
Date
Circa 1900
Description
Poisons and Antidotes case containing nine glass bottles of Zinc Sulphate (10 grains), Potassium Bromide (10 grains), Dialysed Iron, Chlorai (10 grains), Magnesii Sulphas (epsom salts), Calcined Magnesia, Tannin (2 1/2 grs.), Oil of turpentine and Dialysed Iron. A small vile of Egotin (Bonjean). Paper bag with "The E. S. & A. Bank Ltd." printed on it. Syringe needle. There is a rubber hose broken into seven pieces and a glass tube cylindrical with a tip (broken). Contained in a leatherette case with burgundy vinyl lining that has a reference table on a fold out section (now the majority is missing), with padded compartments for each bottle filled with cotton wool. Printed inside the lid of the case is "Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Manufacturing Chemists Snow Hill. London. E. C."
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Object detail

Date
Medium
leatherette, paper, glass, rubber, metal, cotton wool
Measurements
11.5 x 35 x 35 cm (case open)
12.5 x 35 x 11.5 cm (case closed)
Accession Number
MHM06120
Credit line
Gift of AMA Victoria, 2011
Named Collection
Medical History Museum Category

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