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Dr J Collis Browne's Chlorodyne made by J.T. Davenport Ltd
Dr J Collis Browne's Chlorodyne made by J.T. Davenport Ltd

Dr J Collis Browne's Chlorodyne made by J.T. Davenport Ltd

Maker
Datec 1880
Object number00006106
NameBottle
MediumPaper, glass
DimensionsOverall: 71 x 20 x 20mm
ClassificationsTools and equipment
Credit LineANMM Collection
HistoryDr. John Collis Browne MRCS (1819–1884) was a British Army officer, inventor of items for yachts and the originator of the medicine Chlorodyne. Browne first used the remedy in India in 1848, when there was an outbreak of cholera, whilst he was serving with the 98th Regiment of Foot as their surgeon. In 1856 he left the army and went into partnership with John Thistlewood Davenport, a chemist, then at 33 Great Russell Street, to whom he assigned the sole right to manufacture and market Chlorodyne which, since the Medicines Act of 1968 has been known as 'J. Collis Browne's Compound'. It was still marketed by J.T. Davenport & Sons - the same family - up until the 1960s. Source Wikipedia