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Vintage Erythrol Tetranitrate Bottle 1
For your consideration:
A wee lovely poison bottle that once contained:
Erythrol Tetranitrate, which is a potent drug used in counteracting coronary insufficiency.
Erythrol is a principle existing in many lichens and in some algae. Tetranitrate is explosive on quick heating or percussion, like nitro-glycerin. It is given in the same manner and for the same purpose, that of quickly dialating capillaries.
The label reads as follows:
100
'TABLOID'
ERYTHROL TETRANITRATE
COMPRESSED
POISON
gr 1/2 ( 0.032 gm.)
Directions - One or more as ordered by the physician U.S.S. 153
Made in England By
The Wellcome Foundation Ltd for
Burroughs Wellcome (U.S.A.)
Wellcome Foundation LTD for
Burroughs Wellcome
( U.S.A. ) Inc. New York
and on the back of bottle is the written script by a physician but the ink is faded.
The bottle is oval and is 2 and 1/4 inches tall.
This vintage bottle is in mint condition with a very good readable label.
All bottles are sold only for collector purposes
and contents must not be used in any way. This item is being sold as a collectible only and
not for use of the contents.
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