Collection

Plastic tube of Dover Powder tablets

Made:
1905-1925 in London
maker:
Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited

Plastic tube of Tabloid brand 5 gr. Dover Powder compressed tablets. 91 mm x 19 mm diameter, 27 g. By Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1905-1925.

Details

Category:
Emergency Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A700032 Pt9
Materials:
plastic, complete, opium and ipecac
type:
tube and opium
credit:
Wellcome Trust

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