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LicenseEuropean medicine containing Strophanthus extract; glass bottle
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© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Bottle of strophanthus tincture tablets
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
European medicine containing Strophanthus extract; glass bottle with screw top, of strophanthus tincture tablets, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., UK and France, 1910-30
A bottle containing Strophanthus Tincture tablets, made by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. Ripe seeds from Strophanthus gratus and kombé plants contain a chemical that works on the heart. In Europe it has been made into tablets, powders or solutions for injection, and sold for the treatment of heart conditions.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A664888
- type:
- bottles
