Wooden chest made to hold 50 stoppered glass phials of tablets, containing 41 phials and some loose tablets. Chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm, phial: 100 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include phenazone, quinine, aspirin, mercury, ipecacuanha, and opium. Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A654445
- Materials:
- pine (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy), complete, opium, mercury, aspirin, quinine and ipecacuanha
- Measurements:
-
chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm,
phial: 100 mm 15 mm,
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
