Object Detail
Description
Bex in yellow box A box containing 'Bex Powders'. The cardboard Bex Powders box is printed in the distinctive blue, yellow and black livery of this brand. It contains original doses of powder, each individually wrapped in a paper. Text on the box indicates that 'Each 14 gr. powder contains 42% aspirin 42% phenacetin and caffeine (citrate)'. There are directions for use and the powders are recommended for 'headache, neuralgia, influenza, lumbago, rheumatism, sciatica and all nerve pains'.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Beckers Pty Ltd (Australian, estab. 1920s)
Production place
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Production date
Pre 1992
circa 1965-circa 1975
circa 1965-circa 1975
Media description
APC (aspirin–phenacetin–caffeine) powder, print on card
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell.
Accession number
TRP2020.0148
TJC reference number
5617
