A narrow cylindrical amber glass container with a flat bottom and an open top, plugged with a cork stopper; the container is full of circular white tablets; a paper manufacturer's label covers about half of the upper outside of the container and lists product information; the container has a small …
A narrow cylindrical amber glass container with a flat bottom and an open top, plugged with a cork stopper; the container is full of circular white tablets; a paper manufacturer's label covers about half of the upper outside of the container and lists product information; the container has a small lip at the mouth; from hypodermic kit 996.011.004.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Owned and used by Dr. H. Botterell.
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co.
Dates
1916
circa 1916
Date Remarks
Located with another medicine container dated 1916 (996.011.006)
Material
tablets: white
glass: clear yellow
paper: off-white
cork: brown
Inscriptions
On label: "25 HYPODERMIC TABLETS // NO. 16 // MORPHINE AND ATROPINE, RH // Morphine sulphate, 1-4 gr. // Atropine sulphate, 1-150 gr. // POISON C450063 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D5-5
Dimension Notes
Length: 7.5 cm. x Diam. : 5.0 mm.
Condition Remarks
Container is broken at mouth; a "V"-shaped piece is missing with the wide part at the mouth and the narrow part under the label; cork is chipped; label is dirty; edges of paper are rough but no parts are missing