bottle; controlled drug; opium
- preparer:
- Pierre Joseph Pelletier
Glass bottle with cork stopper and wax seal and paper label to contain sampleof narceine powder. Believed to have been prepared by Pelletier of France. Narceine is an alkaloid obtained from opium, and as such as weak narcotine-like action and can administered in a pill.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600197
- Materials:
- bottle, glass, scal, sealing wax and content, narceine
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
