Flat mahogany chest containing over 100 compartments filled with specimens of materia medica

Flat mahogany chest containing over 100 compartments filled with specimens of materia medica

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Flat mahogany chest containing over 100 compartments filled with specimens of materia medica, some in corked phials, most loose with panels listing numbered contents, in three trays, as required for "major or examination" published by Evans, lescher and Evans, and Evans Sons and Co., London and Liverpool, English, 1840-1890

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655750
Materials:
mahogany, brass, phial, glass and stopper, cork
Measurements:
length 373 mm
width 275 mm
thickness 109 mm
type:
materia medica chests