bottle; controlled drug; morphine

Made:
1851-1900

Clear glass, circle based bottle with cut glass stopper and transfer printed label. Containing unknown quantity of octagonal-shaped morphine lozenges (Trochisci morphinae). Each lozenge is impressed with the legend 'MORPHIA 1/20 GR BP'. Believed to mostly complete. Label reads 'TR. MORPHIA' though this is present over a former inscription 'PULV. MORPHIA' or powdered morphine.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A633414
Materials:
bottle, glass, clear
type:
bottle and morphine
credit:
Wellcome Trust