The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Chalk + Opium / for diarrhrea or dystentry / Take as much as will cover a shilling in water three / or four times a day.' The beaker is full of a white powdery substance.
Opium is the dried latex from the opium poppy, and contains approximately 12% alkaloid morphine. It is used to produce heroin and other opiates.
Opium is the main component of laudanum. It is used in the treatment of fever, burns, colds, cholera, diarrhoea, toothaches, typhus, and other diseases that cause irritation or uncomfortableness.
Small glass beaker with cork stopper and a handwritten paper label which reads 'POISON / CYLLIN / Not to be taken.' The beaker is full of a dark solidified substance. This bottle forms part of a me
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Potash Permanga
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Potash Permanga
Small glass vial with glass stopper and copper alloy spring. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under t
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Zinc Sulphate /
Small glass bottle with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST' Handwritten in black ink under this is 'Chalk + Opium
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Dovers Powder
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Dovers Powder t
Small glass vial with glass stopper and copper alloy spring. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under t
Nickel silver case, lined with purple velveteen. The inside base of the case is divided into 12 compartments by velvet covered U-shaped dividers, approximately 12mm apart. The lid is attached with ro
Group of bar mounted miniature medals for Victoria Cross, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal, King George VI Coronation Medal and Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. Miniature medal group awa
Fine brown suede folder lined with watered polished cotton of the same colour, with two clear celluloid panels to protect the letter originally held in it. The front and flap have gold tooled letterin
Silk lined fiddleback blackwood presentation box with engraved silver plate on the lid reading, 'To CAPTAIN ROBERT C. GRIEVE. V.C. FROM THE CITY OF MALVERN/ IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Small glass bottle with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST' Handwritten in black ink under this is 'Chalk + Opium
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Dovers Powder
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Dovers Powder t
Small glass vial with glass stopper and copper alloy spring. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under t
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Zinc Sulphate /
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Potash Permanga
