| Reference Number | CSFH/9/63 |
| Title | Roccal Antiseptic Tincture |
| Date | 1925-1975 |
| Creator Name | Bayer Productions Ltd., healthcare company, 1863- |
| Description | The transparent bottle, sealed with a twist-off metal cap, housed the “Roccal Antiseptic Tincture,” as denoted on the white paper label. The interior of the bottle bears stains from the dried residue of the antiseptic. A handwritten note on the label reads ‘16/8 Winchester.’ The label provides details about the contents, the manufacturer “Bayer”, and its usage. Roccal Antiseptic Tincture was commonly employed for skin sterilisation before surgery. |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Dimensions | 120 mm x 102 mm x 40 mm |
| Digital Collections | View online in our digital collections |
| 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 |
| Term | Pharmaceutical Preparations |
| Sterilisation |
| Sterilisation -- instrumentation |
| Surgical Equipment |
| Benzalkonium Compounds |