bottle; controlled drug; opium
Rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).
Medicine chest, mohogany, with 18 glass bottles, 17 labelled from suppliers in Edinburgh, glass pill tile, 2 boxes of ointment, glass pestle and mortar, 2 packets of drugs, litmus paper, 1 box with 6 weights and 12 other weights, Scottish, c1850
Rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).
Rectangular glass bottle used for paregoric elixir, with trace contents remaining. 103 mm x 33 mm x 23 mm. Chemists label reads, 'ROBERTSON/PAREGORIC ELIXIR/35, GEORGE STREET EDINBURGH/ CHEMIST/DRUGGIST'. Dispensed by Robertson chemists, Edinburgh, 1831-1870.
Glass phial with cork stopper used for Muriate of morphia (morphine), with trace contents remaining. 85 mm x 20 mm diameter. Handwritten label reads, 'Solution of/Muriate of Morphia/Poison'. Probably Scottish, 1831-1850.