| Reference Number | FC/8/12 |
| Title | Omnopon Tablet Vial |
| Date | 1925-1975 |
| Creator Name | Roche Products Ltd, Pharmaceutical Company, 1896- |
| Description | One yellow glass cylindrical vial with a cork stopper. White paper label with black and red ink writing reporting: "Poison: 10 Hypodermic Tablets D.D.A. Trade Mark 'Roche' 'OMNOPON' Brand Opium Concentratum B.P.C. Each tablet contains 1/3 gr Opium Concentratum = 1/6 gr Morphine plus 1/6 gr hydrochlorides of total remaining alkaloidal constituents of Opium. SPECIAL NOTE: With gentle agitation, the tablets will dissolve in a few seconds without frothing if VERY HOT water is used. Manufactured in England by ROCHE PRODUCTS LTD., Welwyn Garden City, Herts." and "6030" stamped on.
This is packaging only; vial is empty. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 55mm x 5mm |
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| Copyright | Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
| Credit Line | Royal College of Physicians of Ireland |
| Object Name | Medicine Packaging |
| Term | Pharmaceutical Preparations |
| Opium |
| Drug Therapy |