2004/10

This brown glass bottle contains 'Combestrol Tabolid' tablets. It has a yellow label with the inscription '1000 "Combestrol" brand hexoestrol and stilboestrol (veterinary) for implantation.' It was previously a part of the collections of The Wellcome Trust, and was given as part of a collection said to date from c.1900-1972.

1 brown bottle: glass; containing 'Combestrol Tabloid' tablets; good condition

MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'MEDICAL PREPARATION: 'Combestrol' // Description // 1 brown glass bottle containing 'Combestrol Tabloid' tablets. // Bottle of brown glass, with black, plastic, screw lid and creamy yellow coloured label. // Inscription: '1000 "Combestrol" brand hexoestrol and stilboestrol (veterinary) for implantation.' // Dimensions // 6.5 x 3.7cm (height x diameter at base)', Letter, Assistant Archivist, The Wellcome Trust to Roy Brigden - 'These objects were originally given to us following the merger of Glaxo and Wellcome in 1995, and they became part of the Cooper's business archive within the Wellcome Foundation Collection... The objects consist of a collection of veterinary samples from c.1900-1972...'

1900 - 1972