Box containing ampoules and tablets of pethidine hydrochloride and tablets of cocaine hydrochloride

Maker
1. Burroughs Wellcome & Co (Australia) Ltd
2. Parke, Davis & Co.
Date
Circa 1900
 Description
Original cardboard box labelled "12 Ampoules Poison / .... / Injection of / Pethidine Hydrochloride / 100 mgm. In 2 c.c./ A sterilised solution for subcutaneous, intra muscular / or intraveneous injection…" Inside box there are four glass ampoules of 100mgm of Pethidine Hydrochloride; one glass capsule with a cork lid labelled 25 Hydropermic Tablets with 13 remaining tablets; and one glass capsule with cork lid labelled Tabloid Cocaine Hydrochloride. The two sets of tablets have likely been added to this box as they are not listed on the boxes label.

Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1900
Medium
Cardboard, tissue, glass
Measurements
1.7 x 10 x 8.2 cm (box)
Accession Number
HFA3588
Credit Line
Acquired by Professor Henry Forman Atkinson. Gift of David Atkinson and Mary White, 2017
Object Type
pharmacology/medication
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
History
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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