Bottle : Tablets No.9 Cathartic Co.

Small brown glass bottle with metal red screwlid. The manufacturers label on the front of the bottle reads: 'TABLETS No. 9 CATHARTIC Co. Gr. 6 TROMAX LIMITED Manufacturing Division SIGMA CO. LTD. Melb.' in red print, with a red border around the text. The label is shaded green by a pattern of diagonal text: 'SIGMA COMPANY LIMITED / MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA.'

There is no known specific history associated with this item. It is typical of the items included in first aid kits issued to army and civil defence units during the Second World War.