Bottle of magnesium carbonate
Glass bottle of magnesium carbonate, marked, 'Magnesia No.1'
Medicine chest with contents
- Made:
- 1800-1830 in Camberwell and United Kingdom
- maker:
- Robert Hutchings Goddard
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Medicine chest, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall, Piccadilly, with 30 painted glass bottles and 4 drawers, 5 confection glasses, 1 probang, 3 boxes, 1 plaster spreader, 1 seal, 1 spatula, 1 bowl, 1 pill tile, 1 fleam, 1 lancet, 2 syringes, 4 visiting cards, 1 receipt and engraved plate, c1805
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A630142
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, legs, brass, partly japanned, hinges and lock, brass and lock, iron
- Measurements:
-
overall: 615 mm x 360 mm x 250 mm,
- type:
- medicine chest
Parts
Bottle of Epsom salt
Bottle of Epsom salt, empty & magnesium sulphate
Bottle of compound tincture of cinchona bark
Bottle of compound tincture of bark, empty & cinchona & quinine & bark, No.6
Tincture of ginger and camomile
Bottle of tincture of ginger and camomile, empty & ginger & camomile, No.7
Bottle of compound tincture of senna
Bottle of compound tincture of senna, empty & senna, No.8
Bottle of spirit of lavender
Rectangular bottle of compound spirit of lavender empty & lavender, No.9
Bottle of Mindererus spirit
Bottle of Mindererus spirit, empty dilute ammonium acetate solution & ammonium acetate, No.10 (?)
Glass bottle for Paregoric Elixir
Glass bottle with small glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir, with dried traces remaining. 115 mm x 50 mm x 41 mm. Unknown maker, English, c. 1805.
Bottle once containing hartshorn
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn empty, No.12
Bottle once containing sal volatile
Bottle of spirit of sal volatile, empty, No.13
Bottle once containing vitriolic aether
Bottle of ether, empty vitriolic aether, No.14
Bottle once containing sweet spirit of nitre
Bottle of sweet spirit of nitre, empty, No.15
Bottle once containing antimonial wine
Bottle of antimonial wine, empty, No.16
Bottle once containing tincture of myrrh
Bottle of tincture of myrrh, empty, No.17
Bottle of dilute sulphuric acid
Bottle of dilute sulphuric acid, empty & sulphuric acid (vitriol acid), No.18
Tincture of asafoetida
Bottle of tincture of asafoetida, No.19
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder, No.23
Bottle once containing ferrous sulphate
Bottle of ferrous sulphate, empty &, No.25
Bottle of Turkey rhubarb
Bottle of Turkey rhubarb, empty, No.26
Bottle of jalap
Bottle of jalap, empty, pulverised sidae carb opt, No.28
Bottle of refined camphor
Bottle of refined camphor, empty, No.28
Drawer with compartments for rhatony (empty) and ginger
Drawer with compartments for rhatony (empty) and ginger, , Nos.48&49
Drawer with compartments for senna and flaky manna
Drawer with compartments for senna and flaky manna, empty, Nos.50&51
Drawer with compartments for gum arabic and purified nitre
Drawer with compartments for gum arabic and purified nitre, empty, Nos.52&53
Drawer with compartments for cream of tartar and flowers of sulphur
Drawer with compartments for cream of tartar and flowers of sulphur, empty (potassium acid tartrate & sulphur), Nos.54&55
Drawer with compartments including 2 for diachylon
Drawer with compartments including 2 for diachylon (empty) & lead plaster-mass in other drawer
- Materials:
- drawer, mahogany , handle, brass and lining, green
- Object Number:
- A630142 Pt26
- type:
- drawer
Apothecary measure
Apothecary fluid measure
Empty bottle
Glass bottle, empty
Bottle
Probang, bottle
Drawer
Drawer
- Materials:
- drawer, mahogany , handle, brass and lining, felt, green
- Object Number:
- A630142 Pt30
- type:
- drawer
Bottle for peppermint oil
Bottle of peppermint oil (meth pip), empty
Glass bottle of sedative opium solution
Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper for sedative opium solution (Liq. Opii. Sed.), with dried traces remaining. 68 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm. Unknown maker, English, c. 1805.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 68 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm, 0.074 kg
- Materials:
- trace , opium , glass , paper (fibre product) and materia medica
- Object Number:
- A630142 Pt32
Medicine bottle
Bottle of brown solid
Medicine bottle
Bottle of orange oil, no stopper
Medicine bottle
Bottle, corked, empty
Medicine bottle
Bottle, empty
Pill box
Small box, wood, screw top marked, 'M'
Drawer
Drawer
Plaster spreader
Metal plaster spreader
- Materials:
- whole, iron , brass and wood, lignum vitae
- Object Number:
- A630142 Pt41
- type:
- plaster spreader
Spatula marked 'EH or EM
Spatula marked 'EH or EM, Warringted (?)'
Bowl, possibly a mortar
Bowl, mortar -like form
Bottle once containing spirit of hartshorn
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn, empty, Thompson...
Pill tile
Pill tile
Fleam, probably vetinary marked
Fleam, probably vetinary marked, 'I. SAY' in tortoiseshell case
Confection glass of blistering plaster with brass lid (bottom drawer)
Confection glass of blistering plaster with brass lid (bottom drawer), empty
Confection glass of spermaceti ointment
Confection glass of spermaceti ointment, with brass lid (bottom drawer), empty
Confection glass with brass lid (bottom drawer) of brown cerale
Confection glass with brass lid (bottom drawer) of brown cerale, empty
Confection glass with brass lid (colophony ointment)
Confection glass with brass lid (colophony ointment), bottom drawer, empty & yellow basilicon
Confection glass with brass lid
Confection glass with brass lid (bottom drawer) of black ointment
Lancet
Lancet with tortoise sheath
Visiting cards
Visiting cards (4)
Medicine chest, c 1800.
Medicine chest with key, winged front, from Reece's Medical Hall, Piccadilly, c1805
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany , legs, brass, partly japanned , hinges and lock, brass and lock, iron
- Object Number:
- A630142 Pt61
- type:
- medicine chests
- Image ©
- The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
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