Medicine Bottle - Godfrey's Mixture, circa 1860

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Summary:: Bottle of Godfrey's Mixture used in the pharmacy of a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia circa 1860. It contained laudenum (an opiate) and treacle and was used as a sedative.
Description:: Small, clear, glass apothecary's bottle is standard medicine bottle shape. Oblong base, straight sides (front and back 3 times as broad), rounded shoulders, narrow, fairly short neck with protruding lip. Sealed with a crumbling cork. Hospital label on front for Godfrey's Mixture. Some dark brown liquid (mixed with disintegrated cork) in bottom of bottle.
Acquisition Information:: Donation from Office of Psychiatric Services, 1985

Discipline:	History
Dimensions:	18.00 cm (Height), 6.50 cm (Length)

Tagged with:	bottles, hospitals, psychiatric services
Themes this item is part of:	Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection
Primary Classification:	MEDICINE & HEALTH
Secondary Classification:	Mental Health - Pharmacy
Tertiary Classification:	pharmaceuticals
Inscriptions:	THE DRAUGHT/Mist.Godfrey/to be taken as directed/Ward MRW - printed label with writing in faded ink on front of bottle
Place & Date Used:	Victoria, Australia, circa 1860