File Box & 101 Antique Prescriptions (1913): Cannabis, Opium, Codeine, Poisons

$100.0
Original file box and bundle of 101 antique prescriptions from October 1913.
These original, century-old prescriptions have serial numbers that fall between 108401 and 108500
.
There are two #469s.


Several prescriptions show handwritten fill dates in October 1913.

They were filled at a pharmacy in Brenham, Texas.

Noteworthy:
 
Cannabis Indica (dated Oct. 8, 1913) - 426
Opium (d
ated Oct. 13, 1913) - 471
Codeine (undated) - 491
Syrup Cocillana by Parke Davis (dated Oct. 9, 1913) - 404

(Parke Davis marketed their Syrup Cocillana Compound as Cosanyl. Its top ingredient was ethyl morphine hydrochloride)

Sample Poisons:
Arsenic & Strychnine (496)
Quinine (419)
Belladonna (433)
Antisep Tabs Blue (489)

Novel:
#66666 (428)
Equine (415)

Approximate dimensions of the green file box:
4" wide
1" high
7" deep

Shipped USPS Ground Advantage

For collectors of vintage, antique and novelty pharmaceutical & medical paraphernalia and ephemera -- and in particular, vintage prescriptions for opium, morphine, codeine, cocaine, heroin, cannabis, and even whiskey (a legal loophole during Prohibition) -- please check out my other listings. I also have several monthly publications of pharmacy & medical journals from the 1920s & 1930s.