Summary
Bottle containing codeine tablets used in the pharmacy of a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1935. Manufactured by Felton, Grimwade & Duerdins Ltd. Codeine is an analgesic with similar uses to those of morphine but has only mild sedative effects.
Physical Description
Drug is contained in a small, brown glass bottle with oval base, straight sides, short neck with cork. Minor residues only remain on the interior. The original contents were an S8 scheduled poison with the ingredient codeine (note: where codeine is not blended with another compound it is an S8 scheduled pharmaceutical).
Significance
Example of pharmaceuticals used in an early Victorian mental health hospital.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, May 1985
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Manufacturer
Felton, Grimwade & Duerdins Ltd, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1935
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Place & Date Used
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Inscriptions
1 Gross/Sugar-Coated Pills/No.139/CODEINA CO./(MARTINDALE)/Codein Gr.1/4/Ext Nucis Vom Gr 1/2/Ext. Lactucae Gr 3/DOSE One Pill/...Felton...Melbourne
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - pharmacy, Pharmaceuticals
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Category
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Discipline
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Type of item
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overall dimensions
50 mm (Width), 115 mm (Height), 100.8 g (Weight)
Total weight includes label.
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References
Martindale.
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Keywords
Bottles, Medicines, Pharmaceuticals, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
