Portable stitched leather medicine chest with strap handle

Made:
Unattributed

Portable stitched leather medicine chest with strap handle, containing 19 labelled glass bottles and drugs, list of contents in German, syringe and glass measure, inscribed CK, prepared by Johnson and Sons, London, English, 1871-1910

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A657832
Materials:
wood, leather and brass
Measurements:
length 270 mm
width 185 mm
thickness 57 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Handwritten list of contents in German

Handwritten list of contents in German

Handwritten list of contents in German

Measurements:
folded: length 205 mm
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Object Number:
A657832 Pt1
type:
contents list
Glass syringe with vulcanite rod and endpieces

Glass syringe with vulcanite rod and endpieces

Glass syringe with vulcanite rod and endpieces, rod tipped with cork, glass cracked

Measurements:
closed: length 113 mm
max: diameter 19 mm
Materials:
glass, vulcanite and cork
Object Number:
A657832 Pt2
type:
syringe
Clear glass graduated minim measure with lip

Clear glass graduated minim measure with lip

Clear glass graduated minim measure with lip

Measurements:
length 50 mm
with lip: width 17 mm
base: diameter 15 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt3
type:
measure
Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing unidentified grey powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing unidentified grey powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing unidentified grey powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt4
type:
bottle
Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing white quinidine sulphate powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing white quinidine sulphate powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing white quinidine sulphate powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt5
type:
bottle
Small clear glass bottle with corked base stopper containing farrino powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked base stopper containing farrino powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked base stopper containing farrino powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt6
type:
bottle
Small glass bottle of Dover's powdr

Small glass bottle of Dover's powdr

Small glass bottle with bone and cork stopper full of Dover's Powder. 43 mm x 18 mm diameter, 15 g. By Johnson and Sons, English, 1871-1910.

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
15 g
Materials:
glass , cork , bone , complete , ipecac and opium
Object Number:
A657832 Pt7
type:
bottle and opium
Small clear glass bottle with corked home stopper containing cake of dried "centeno" powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked home stopper containing cake of dried "centeno" powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked home stopper containing cake of dried "centeno" powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt8
type:
bottle
Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing yellow rhubarb powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing yellow rhubarb powder

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing yellow rhubarb powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt9
type:
bottle
Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing packet of unidentified drug

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing packet of unidentified drug

Small clear glass bottle with corked bone stopper containing packet of unidentified drug

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt10
type:
bottle
Small clear glass bottle

Small clear glass bottle

Small clear glass bottle, empty, with corked bone stopper

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt11
type:
bottle
2 small clear glass bottles with corked bone stoppers containing magnesia powder for children

2 small clear glass bottles with corked bone stoppers containing magnesia powder for children

2 small clear glass bottles with corked bone stoppers containing magnesia powder for children

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and bone
Object Number:
A657832 Pt12
type:
bottle
2 small clear glass bottles with hexagonal rim and glass stoppers

2 small clear glass bottles with hexagonal rim and glass stoppers

2 small clear glass bottles with hexagonal rim and glass stoppers, E.B. moulded on base, empty used for unidentified drug

Measurements:
with stopper: height 44 mm
base: length 33 mm
base: width 26 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt13
type:
bottle
Tall clear glass bottle with hexagonal rim and glass stopper

Tall clear glass bottle with hexagonal rim and glass stopper

Tall clear glass bottle with hexagonal rim and glass stopper, E.B. moulded on base containing some packets of quinidine sulphate powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 108 mm
base: length 35 mm
base: width 35 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, glass and packet, paper
Object Number:
A657832 Pt14
type:
bottle
Tall clear glass bottle with hexagonal rim and glass stopper

Tall clear glass bottle with hexagonal rim and glass stopper

Tall clear glass bottle with hexagonal rim and glass stopper, EB moulded on base, containing potassium chlorate powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 43 mm
stopper: diameter 17 mm
base: diameter 18 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt15
type:
bottle
Clear glass bottle with octagonal rime and glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rime and glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rime and glass stopper, empty, used for alcoholic solvent ether

Measurements:
with stopper: height mm
base: length mm
base: width mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt16
type:
bottle
Clear glass bottles with octagonal rim and glass stopper empty

Clear glass bottles with octagonal rim and glass stopper empty

Clear glass bottles with octagonal rim and glass stopper empty, used for tincture of arnica

Measurements:
with stopper: height mm
base: length mm
base: width mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt17
type:
bottle
Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper, containing small amount of clear unidentified solution

Measurements:
with stopper: height mm
base: length mm
base: width mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt18
type:
bottle
Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper containing small amount of unidentified solution

Measurements:
with stopper: height mm
base: length mm
base: width mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt19
type:
bottle
Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper containing red solution of carbolic acid

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper containing red solution of carbolic acid

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper containing red solution of carbolic acid

Measurements:
with stopper: height mm
base: length mm
base: width mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt20
type:
bottle
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Rectangle 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:
with stopper: height mm
base: length mm
base: width mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt21
type:
bottle and opium
Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper containing unidentified white powder

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper containing unidentified white powder

Clear glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper containing unidentified white powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 91 mm
base: length 35 mm
base: width 35 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A657832 Pt22
type:
bottle