- Title:
- Medicine bottle, ‘Chlorodyne’, Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited, 1896
- Object name(s):
- medicine
- Brief description:
- Medicine bottle, ‘Chlorodyne’, Army and Navy Co-operative Society Limited, 1896. Glass bottle with metal screw lid and paper label. The label is printed with the title, ‘Chlorodyne’, the manufacturer’s name, ‘Army & Navy Co-operative Society Limited’, and is marked as ‘(poison)’. Chlorodyne was developed by Dr John Collis Browne (1819-1884), a British Army surgeon serving in India, for treatment of cholera. The patent medicine became popular as a treatment for other ailments including migraines, diarrhea and insomnia. Its ingredients included laudanum, cannabis and chloroform. Its addictive nature and the risk from overdose led to its demise. From a Burroughs, Wellcome and Company medical kit, marked to ‘Andrew Thorne’ (?), ‘Grenadier Guards’, which was possibly purchased for use during the 3rd Ashanti War (1895-1896).
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Medical Equipment
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- medicine
- Object number:
- NAM. 2001-07-127-9
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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