Doctor's medical bag contents: Ergometrine Maleate and Pituitrin

Date Added: 04 March 2013 Year: 1950 Institution Name: dnhhl Cat No: ◀ | 2013_004_016 | ▶ Picture No: 11583

Two cardboard boxes containing (b) Ergometrine Maleate (length 68 mm width 54mm depth 12mm) and (a) Pituitrin (width 82mm depth 30mm height 64mm) used as an injection to speed up delivery of afterbirth . Part of Dr Aeneas Macleod's medical bag for maternity home delivery, Dr Aeneas Macleod was a General Practitioner in Lairg until 1946 when he took over from Dr Strachan in Dornoch.

Dimensions: see description

1 Comment

Are full vials worth anything ? I have an old unopened box.

Comment left on 27 November 2014 at 01:25 by Steve Caution should be taken with all old medicines/chemicals - Ergometrine Maleate is an illegal substance here in the UK and Pituitrin is no longer in use Administrator

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