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Actions	Nupercaine Ampoules Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberED.CS.2026.69 TitleNupercaine Ampoules CreatorCIBA (Manufacturer)‎ DescriptionRed cardboard box with a white and green paper label reading '10 ampoules of 3c.c. Nupercaine, formerly Percaine in 6% glucose solution, exclusively for spinal anaesthesia.' Nupercaine was known as Percaine in the UK until 1942. Easily confused with Procaine, which is 10x stronger. Name eventually changed after mix-ups caused deaths Production placeSussex Production date 1929 - 1942 Production periodTwentieth century Object namePharmaceutical Object categoryMedical Equipment MaterialGlass, Cardboard Dimensions Packaging Width: 16.00 cm Depth: 7.50 cm Height: 2.50 cm

Object numberED.CS.2026.69

TitleNupercaine Ampoules

CreatorCIBA (Manufacturer)‎

DescriptionRed cardboard box with a white and green paper label reading '10 ampoules of 3c.c. Nupercaine, formerly Percaine in 6% glucose solution, exclusively for spinal anaesthesia.' Nupercaine was known as Percaine in the UK until 1942. Easily confused with Procaine, which is 10x stronger. Name eventually changed after mix-ups caused deaths

Production placeSussex

Production date 1929 - 1942

Production periodTwentieth century

Object namePharmaceutical

Object categoryMedical Equipment

MaterialGlass, Cardboard

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