Accession No

6895

Brief Description

"Stypven" Russell Viper Venom, by Burroughs Wellcome and Company, English, 1930s

Origin

England; Kent; Beckenham

Maker

Burroughs Wellcome and Company

Class

medical

Earliest Date

1930

Latest Date

1939

Inscription Date

Material

glass; paper (cardboard)

Dimensions

50mm (width), 73mm (depth), 27mm (height)

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by a private individual in May 2025.

Inscription

TRADE MARK
'STYPVEN'
BRAND
RUSSELL VIPER VENOM
(NOT FOR INJECTION)
5c.c. [on back of box]

Prepared at
The Wellcome Physiological Research
Laboratories
Langley Court, Beckenham, Kent
England

SUPPLIED BY
BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO.
(THE WELLCOME FOUNDATION LTD.)
LONDON (ENG.) [on front of box]

Description Notes

"Stypven" Russell Viper Venom, by Burroughs Wellcome and Company, English, 1930s.

Two small vials, in a red cardboard box. The first vial appears to be empty, is labelled as Russell Viper Venom, and has a red-brown cap. The second vial still has liquid, and its label has come loose. Instructions in the Wellcome Collection indicate that it is distilled water with 0.5% phenol. Both vials have separate surrounds of corrugated cardboard. The box is red, with writing on all sides apart from the bottom. It has a corrugated cardboard inner, and a small instruction leaflet.

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