Bottle of Epsom Salts
Bottle of Epsom Salts
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 50 mm
width 44 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt1
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Medicine chest
- Made:
- 1860-1900 in Birmingham
- maker:
- W and T Avery Limited
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Medicine chest, mahogany, 19 labelled glass bottles present, and other contents, including "Napoleons Cough Pills" in a confection glass, weights and measures, balance, pestle and mortar, c1880
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A60683
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, handle, key guard, brass and lining, velvet, red
- Measurements:
-
height 212 mm
length 167 mm
width 231 mm
- type:
- medicine chests
- credit:
- Robinson, H.
Parts
Bottle of calcined magnesia
Bottle of calcined magnesia, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 112 mm
length 50 mm
width 44 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt2
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of carbonate of soda
Bottle of carbonate of soda, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 50 mm
width 44 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt3
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of Jamaica Ginger
Bottle of Jamaica Ginger
- Measurements:
-
height 112 mm
length 50 mm
width 44 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt4
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of opodeldoc
Bottle of opodeldoc
- Measurements:
-
height 108 mm
length 44 mm
width 36 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt5
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of cold-drawn castor oil
Bottle of cold-drawn castor oil
- Measurements:
-
height 109 mm
length 44 mm
width 36 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt6
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 44 mm
width 36 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt7
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of tartaric acid
Bottle of tartaric acid
- Measurements:
-
height 109 mm
length 44 mm
width 36 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt8
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of aperient elixir
Bottle of aperient elixir
- Measurements:
-
height 111 mm
length 34 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt9
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of sweet spirit of nitre
Bottle of sweet spirit of nitre, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 11 mm
length 32 mm
width 25 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt10
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of spirit of sal volatile
Bottle of spirit of sal volatile, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 107 mm
length 32 mm
width 25 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt11
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of spirit of lavender
Bottle of spirit of lavender, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 109 mm
length 32 mm
width 25 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt12
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of Turkey rhubarb powder
Bottle of Turkey rhubarb powder
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 32 mm
width 25 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt13
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of antimonial wine
Bottle of antimonial wine
- Measurements:
-
height 109 mm
length 34 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt14
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of ether
Bottle of ether, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 62 mm
width 34 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt15
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of essence of peppermint
Bottle of essence of peppermint, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 67 mm
width 34 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt16
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of sweet essence of Alexandrian senna
Bottle of sweet essence of Alexandrian senna
- Measurements:
-
height 65 mm
width 34 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt17
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
bottle; controlled drug; opium
Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).
- Measurements:
-
height 67 mm
width 34 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt18
- type:
- medicine chest , bottle and opium
Bottle of borax
Bottle of borax, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 65 mm
width 34 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt19
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Glass mortar
Glass mortar
- Measurements:
-
height 42 mm
diameter 68 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt20
- type:
- medicine chest and mortar
Glass pestle
Glass pestle
- Measurements:
-
length 71 mm
diameter 26 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt21
- type:
- medicine chest and pestle
Handwritten recipe
Handwritten recipe
- Measurements:
-
length 112 mm
width 42 mm
- Materials:
- whole, paper
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt22
- type:
- medicine chest and recipe
Glass measure
Glass measure
- Measurements:
-
height 75 mm
diameter 33 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt23
- type:
- medicine chest and measure
Glass measure
Glass measure
- Measurements:
-
height 50 mm
diameter 19 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt24
- type:
- medicine chest and measure
Confection glass
Confection glass, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 38 mm
diameter 37 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt25
- type:
- medicine chest and glass
Confection glass of Napolean's cough pills
Confection glass of Napolean's cough pills
- Measurements:
-
height 41 mm
diameter 39 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and lid, brass, silver plated
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt26
- type:
- medicine chest and glass
Weighing scales
Balance, weighing scales, iron beam brass scales
- Measurements:
-
beam: length 127 mm
pans: diameter 58 mm
- Materials:
- beam, iron and pans, brass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt28
- type:
- medicine chest and balance
Two drachm weight
Two drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
diameter 21 mm
drachms: weight 2 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt29
- type:
- weight
One drachm weight
One drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
diameter 19 mm
1 drachm: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt30
- type:
- weight
One scruple weight
One scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
diameter 14 mm
1 scruple: width 1 mm
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt31
- type:
- weight
Two scruple weight
Two scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
diameter 17 mm
scruples: weight 2 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt32
- type:
- weight
Half drachm weight
Half drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
diameter 15 mm
drachm: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt33
- type:
- weight
Half scruple weight
Half scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
diameter 10 mm
scruple: height 1 mm
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt34
- type:
- weight
Six grain weight
Six grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 17 mm
grains: weight 6 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt35
- type:
- weight
Five grain weight
Five grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 17 mm
grains: weight 5 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt36
- type:
- weight
Four grain weight
Four grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 15 mm
grains: height 4 mm
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt37
- type:
- weight
Three grain weight
Three grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 11 mm
grains: weight 3 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt38
- type:
- weight
Two grain weight
Two grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 10 mm
grains: weight 2 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt39
- type:
- weight
One grain weight
One grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 7 mm
1 grain: weight kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt40
- type:
- weight
Half grain weight
Half grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 5 mm
grain: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A60683 Pt41
- type:
- weight
