DRUGS

H1988.433

Three boxes of 'Prontosil'.
[.a] Red box containing 10 ampoules. Box reads: "'PRONTOSIL' / SOLUBLE / BAYER PHARMA LTD / G.P.O. Box No 4006 V V; / SYDNEY, NSW / No 817027 / MADE IN GERMANY".
[.b] Two containers of pills, one with metal lid, other lid plastic. One an earlier version of other reads: "20 Tablets / PRONTOSIL / TRADE MARK / rubrum / BAYER / BAYER PHARMA PTY. LTD / 66 Hunter Street / SYDNEY N.S.W." and "'PRONTOSIL' / album" BAYER.
[.c] Container with rubber top reads: " ARGYROL / Brand / Silver Vitellin / TABLETS / A.C. BARNES Co - CANADA" No 610.

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H1988.433
Accession Date: 21 Jun 1988

Material

Unclassified0 - Whole
Glass/Glass0 - Whole
Paper/Papera - Prontosil, Red Box
Card/Papera - Prontosil, Red Box
Cotton/Textileb - Prontosil, Metal lid
Cork/Woodb - Prontosil, Metal lid
Card/Paperb - Prontosil, Metal lid
Metal/Metalb - Prontosil, Metal lid
Rubber/Natural Resinc - Prontosil, Plastic lid
Paper/Paperc - Prontosil, Plastic lid

Measurement

length120mm
width90mm
length110mm
diameter15mm
length60mm
diameter15mm

 


 

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