Medicine bottle, ‘Quinine Bisulphate’, Burroughs, Wellcome and Company, 1896.
Glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label with printed title, ‘Quinine Bisulphate’, the trade mark brand, ‘Tabloid’, the manufacturer’s name, ‘Burroughs, Wellcome & Co’, and dosage instructions.
Quinine, derived from the bark of the South American cinchona tree, is used as a treatment for malaria.
From a Burroughs, Wellcome and Company medical kit, marked to ‘Andrew Thorne’ (?), ‘Grenadier Guards’, which was possibly purchased for use during the 4th Ashanti War (1895-1896).