Bottle of castor oil
Bottle of castor oil
- Measurements:
-
height 102 mm
width 42 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt1
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Medicine chest
- Made:
- 1810-1850
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Medicine chest, with full set of 16 glass bottles, most with drugs, all labelled, ointment pot, glass pestle and mortar, 2 glass beakers, scales and 15 weights, c1830
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A23781
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany and lining (lid), velvet, green
- Measurements:
-
height 227 mm
length 172 mm
width 210 mm
drawer: height 73 mm
drawer: length 157 mm
drawer: width 188 mm
- type:
- medicine chests
Parts
Bottle of compound spirit of lavender
Bottle of compound spirit of lavender
- Measurements:
-
height 104 mm
width 41 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt2
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of compound tincture of bark
Bottle of compound tincture of bark
- Measurements:
-
height 102 mm
width 42 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt3
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of paregoric elixir
Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 102 mm x 42 mm x 42 mm, 208 g. Unknown maker, probably English, 1810-1850.
- Measurements:
-
height 102 mm
width 42 mm
208 g
- Materials:
- paper , opium tincture , camphor , glass and complete
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt4
- type:
- medicine chest , bottle and opium
Bottle of Perurian bark
Bottle of Perurian bark
- Measurements:
-
weight 104 kg
width 41 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt5
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of camphorated spirit
Bottle of camphorated spirit, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 101 mm
width 43 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt6
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of tincture of rhatany
Bottle of tincture of rhatany
- Measurements:
-
height 102 mm
width 42 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt7
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of Acid lemon
Bottle of Acid lemon
- Measurements:
-
height 102 mm
width 40 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt8
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Ointment pot of yellow Naphtha ointment
Ointment pot of yellow Naphtha ointment
- Measurements:
-
height 55 mm
diameter 40 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt9
- type:
- medicine chest and pot
Bottle of Tincture of Rhubarb from medicine chest
Bottle of Tincture of Rhubarb
- Measurements:
-
height 101 mm
width 42 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt10
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of Epson salts
Bottle of Epson salts
- Measurements:
-
height 103 mm
width 43 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt11
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of salt of wormwood
Bottle of salt of wormwood
- Measurements:
-
height 105 mm
width 43 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt12
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of rhubarb powder
Bottle of rhubarb powder
- Measurements:
-
height 66 mm
width 32 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt13
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Glass bottle of laudanum
Square glass bottle with glass stopper of Liquid Laudanum (opium tincture). 64 mm x 32 mm x 32 mm, 69g. Unknown maker, probably English, c. 1830.
- Measurements:
-
height 64 mm
width 32 mm
69g
- Materials:
- glass , opium tincture and half-full
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt14
- type:
- medicine chest , bottle and opium
Bottle of camphorated acetic acid
Bottle of camphorated acetic acid
- Measurements:
-
height 64 mm
width 32 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt15
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of essence of peppermint
Bottle of essence of peppermint, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 64 mm
width 32 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt16
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
- Measurements:
-
height 61 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt17
- type:
- medicine chest and bottle
Glass mortar
Glass mortar
- Measurements:
-
height 42 mm
diameter 79 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt18
- type:
- medicine chest and mortar
Glass pestle
Glass pestle
- Measurements:
-
length 84 mm
diameter 31 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt19
- type:
- medicine chest and pestle
Beakers (2)
Beakers (2)
- Measurements:
-
height 41 mm
diameter 40 mm
- Materials:
- whole, glass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt20
- type:
- medicine chest and beakers (2)
Weighing scales
Weighing scales, iron beam and brass pans
- Measurements:
-
beam: length 140 mm
pans: diameter 64 mm
- Materials:
- beam, iron and pans, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt21
- type:
- medicine chest and scales
Two drachm weight
Two drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
width 15 mm
drachm: weight 2 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt22
- type:
- weight
One drachm weight
One drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
width 13 mm
drachm: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt23
- type:
- weight
One drachm weight
One drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
width 12 mm
drachm: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt24
- type:
- weight
Half drachm weight
Half drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
width 11 mm
drachm: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt25
- type:
- weight
Two scruple weight
Two scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
width 12 mm
scruple: weight 2 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt26
- type:
- weight
One scruple weight
One scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
width 9 mm
scruple: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt27
- type:
- weight
Half scruple weight
Half scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
width 8 mm
scruple: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt28
- type:
- weight
Six grain weight
Six grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 16 mm
grain: weight 6 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt29
- type:
- weight
Five grain weight
Five grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 15 mm
grain: weight 5 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt30
- type:
- weight
Four grain weight
Four grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 14 mm
grain: weight 4 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt31
- type:
- weight
Three grain weight
Three grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 12 mm
grain: weight 3 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt32
- type:
- weight
One grain weight
One grain weight
- Measurements:
-
width 7 mm
grain: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- whole, brass, foil
- Object Number:
- A23781 Pt33
- type:
- weight
