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Labelled cobalt poison with contents. Main Label: Burroughs / Wellcome & Co / Trade Mark ' Soloid' Brand / Corrosive / Sublimate / (Hydrarg. Perchlor.) / gr. 8.75 (0.567 gm.) / Direction. - One, dissolved in / a pint (20 oz.) of water, forms a / solution (illegible due to staining) / NOTE - This product contains a small / quantity of harmless colouring matter to / distinguish its solution from liquid pre- / parations for internal use. / POISON / London (Eng.), New York, / Montreal, Sydney, Cape Town. Smaller label: Poison / In case of poison- / ing by Corrosive / sublimate :- / Send for medical / man. / While waiting do not / give alcohol. / Give large quantities / of any of the following / (No 1. is best) : - / (1) White of raw egg / in milk or Water. / (2) Milk. (3) Gruel, / Barley, Water, Arrowroot / and Water, or Flour and / Water. (4) Strong Tea. / Apply hot water bottles / or hot blankets to legs / and feet. / POISON. Bottle is triangular with ribs running down each of the three corners, with label spaces on all three panels. Base embossed: 8 / Rd / 469164 Medicine Pills Applied top, tooled finish. Cobalt. 2 oz. 87 mm. 1900s
