Medicine bottle, 'Warburg Tincture', Burroughs, Wellcome and Company, 1896

Glass bottle with cork stopper, cover and paper label with printed title, 'Warburg Tincture', the trade mark brand, 'Tabloid', manufacturer's name, 'Burroughs, Wellcome & Co', and dosage advice. There is also a hand-written annotation on the label, 'Malarial Fever'.

'Warburg's Tincture' was a drug developed by Dr Carl Warburg in 1834 as a treatment for tropical fevers including malaria and yellow fever. Originally available as a liquid form, a tablet version was introduced in 1888. The recipe was disclosed in 1875 and included a myriad of exotic organic ingredients but the primary component was quinine.

From a Burroughs, Wellcome and Company medical kit, marked to 'Andrew Thorne' (?), 'Grenadier Guards', which was possibly purchased for use during the 3rd Ashanti War (1895-1896).