Medicine bottle, ‘Cascara Sagrada’, Burroughs, Wellcome and Company, 1896.
Glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label with printed title, ‘Cascara Sagrada’, the trade mark brand, ‘Tabloid’, manufacturer’s name, ‘Burroughs, Wellcome & Co’, and dosage advice. There is also a hand-written annotation on the label.
Derived from the bark of the North American cascara sagrada plant this medicine or supplement is primarily used to treat constipation but can have significant side effects with prolonged use.
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).