Antidote case containing six drugs

Made:
1860-1890

Antidote case containing six drugs, owned by Prof. George Harley, English, 1860-1890

Parts

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

Small narrow, clear glass circle based bottled with glass stopper and paper label. Contains morphine hydrochloride (morphiae hydrochloras).

Materials:
glass, clear, ground
Object Number:
A633666 Pt4
type:
bottle and morphine
Glass bottle for chlorodyne tincture

Glass bottle for chlorodyne tincture

Small glass bottle with glass stopper containing a trace of chlorodyne tincture. 81 mm. Part of an antidote case of 6 drugs owned by Professor George Harley. Handwritten label reads, 'Chlorodyne'. Chlorodyne is a mixture of laudanum (an alcoholic solution of opium), tincture of cannabis and chloroform. It was invented in the 19th century by Dr. John Collis Browne as a treatment for cholera. It was...

Materials:
glass , chlorodyne and trace
Object Number:
A633666 Pt6
type:
bottle and opium