Glass bottle of potassium iodide
Glass bottle of potassium iodide
Medicine chest
- Made:
- 1810-1850
Medicine chest, winged front, with an extensive set of bottles, including a large number of small ones in drawers, almost all with labels and contents, c.1840, [111 parts]
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A56257
- Materials:
- whole, wood, handle, brass, lacquered, hinges, brass, lock, brass and lock, iron
- type:
- medicine chests
- credit:
- Little, E.M. (Seymour Street)
Parts
Bottle of rhubarb powder
Bottle of rhubarb powder
Bottle of Compound Tincture of Camphor
Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Compound Tincture of Camphor (Paregorix Elixir) with traces remaining. 86 mm x 38 mm x 38 mm, 107 g. Dispensed by Wallas & Co., London, c. 1840.
Bottle containing mercuric chloride
Bottle containing mercuric chloride
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Bottle of ferric chloride tincture
Bottle of ferric chloride tincture
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Bottle of bismuth carbonate
Bottle of bismuth carbonate
Bottle of zinc sulphate
Bottle of zinc sulphate
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Bottle of magnesium sulphate
Bottle of magnesium sulphate
bottle; controlled drug; morphine
Clear glass, square-based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain Nepenthe brand of tincture of morphine. Similar in design and use as tincture of opium. Nepenthe contains 0.84% anhydrous morphine
Bottle of aluminium bromide
Bottle of aluminium bromide
Bottle of phenazone
Bottle of phenazone
Bottle of sulphur
Bottle of sulphur
Bottle of cinchona
Bottle of cinchona
Bottle of senna
Bottle of senna
Bottle of friar's balsam
Bottle of friar's balsam
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Bottle of magnesium carbonate
Bottle of magnesium carbonate
Bottle of magnesium sulphate
Bottle of magnesium sulphate
Glass bottle of sodium carbonate
Glass bottle of sodium carbonate
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Wooden drawer of senna
Wooden drawer of senna
- Materials:
- drawer, wood , handle, bone and lining, paper, blue
- Object Number:
- A56257 Pt26
- type:
- drawers
Drawer containing chalk
Drawer containing chalk
- Materials:
- drawer, wood , handle, bone and lining, paper, blue
- Object Number:
- A56257 Pt27
- type:
- drawers
Wooden drawer
Wooden drawer
- Materials:
- drawer, wood , handles, bone and lining, felt, green
- Object Number:
- A56257 Pt29
- type:
- drawers
Broken glass leech tube
Broken glass leech tube
Plaster spreader
Plaster spreader, wood, brass and iron
Ceramic pestle
Ceramic pestle
Six grains brass weight
Six grains brass weight
Six grains brass weight
Six grains brass weight
Five grains brass weight
Five grains brass weight
Four grains brass weight
Four grains brass weight
Three grains brass weight
Three grains brass weight
Two grain brass weight
Two grain brass weight
One grain brass weight
One grain brass weight
Swan neck balance
Swan neck balance
Sheet of greaseproof paper
Sheet of greaseproof paper
- Object Number:
- A56257 Pt60
- type:
- greaseproof paper
Wooden drawer
Wooden drawer, lined in velvet
Ceramic mortar
Ceramic mortar
Bottle of Ipecacuanha Compound
Glass bottle with wood-capped stopper full of Compound Ipecacuanha powder. 100 mm x 33 mm x 23 mm, 81g. Dispensed by R.B. Stedman, West Malling, 1810-1850.
Bottle of lead acetate
Bottle of lead acetate
Bottle of ipomoea
Bottle of ipomoea
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Bottle of Aromatic Chalk powder with opium
Rectangular glass bottle with ground glass stopper for Aromatic Chalk powder with opium ( P. Creta. C. c. Opio.), full. 71 mm x 46 mm x 29 mm, 116 g. Unknown maker, English, 1810-1850.
Bottle of cinnamon
Bottle of cinnamon
Glass bottle
Glass bottle
Wooden drawer
Wooden drawer
Five sheets of greaseproof paper
Five sheets of greaseproof paper
- Object Number:
- A56257 Pt73
- type:
- greaseproof paper
Jalap wrapped in paper
Jalap wrapped in paper
Bottle of tragacanth
Bottle of tragacanth
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, boxwood , stopper, cork and stopper, silver, paper
- Object Number:
- A56257 Pt76
- type:
- bottles
Glass bottle that once contained ammoniae
Glass bottle that once contained ammoniae
Packet of cantharides plasters
Packet of cantharides plasters
Bottle of zinc carbonate
Bottle of zinc carbonate
Glass bottle that once contained neroli oil
Glass bottle that once contained neroli oil
Bottle of spearmint oil
Bottle of spearmint oil
Bottle of dill oil
Bottle of dill oil
Glass bottle that once contained essence of limon
Glass bottle that once contained essence of limon
Bottle of clove oil
Bottle of clove oil
Glass bottle that once contained silver nitrate
Glass bottle that once contained silver nitrate
Glass bottle that once contained peppermint oil
Glass bottle that once contained peppermint oil
Bottle of croton oil
Bottle of croton oil
glass bottle that once contained atropinae
glass bottle that once contained atropinae
Bottle of hellebore
Bottle of hellebore
Bottle of musk
Bottle of musk
Bottle of antimony potasium tartrate
Bottle of antimony potasium tartrate
Glass bottle that once contained mercurous bichloride
Glass bottle that once contained mercurous bichloride
bottle; controlled drug; morphine
Small, clear glass, circle based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle containing approximately 1 ounce of morphine hydrochloride powder.
Bottle of mercury with chalk
Bottle of mercury with chalk
Two glass bottles
Two glass bottles
Bottle of rosemary oil
Bottle of rosemary oil
Bottle of mercurous chloride
Bottle of mercurous chloride
Glass bottle that once contained a sedative (Liq. Opii)
Glass bottle that once contained a sedative (Liq. Opii)
Small glass bottle for morphine
Small glass bottle with glass stopper for morphine, with traces remaining. 62 mm x 20 mm, 23g. Handwritten label reads, 'SOL: MORPH: MURI:' Unknown maker, probably English, c. 1840.
