Sir James Reid's medicine chest, England, 1881-1923

Made:
1881-1923 in England
maker:
Burroughs Wellcome and Company Limited
Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome, owned by Sir James Reid Glass phial with kid covering containing Compound Tincture of Left hand side 1981-1010, Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome

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Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome, owned by Sir James Reid
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Glass phial with kid covering containing Compound Tincture of
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Left hand side
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1981-1010, Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome, owned by Sir James Reid, physician to Queen Victoria from 1881 until her death.

Sir James Reid (1849-1923) was personal physician to Queen Victoria from 1881 until her death in 1901. The leather chest contains a range of medication, including opium-based painkillers, laxatives and Dover’s powders, which were a remedy for colds.

The drugs and medicine chest were made by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co, who supplied a wide range of medicine chests and first aid kits often to influential people and explorers in a shrewd attempt to promote the product. It is pictured here with another Burroughs, Wellcome & Co chest (1981-1008).

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
1981-1010
Materials:
venner, leather and wood
Measurements:
overall: 140 mm x 350 mm x 170 mm, 5.99kg
type:
medicine chest
credit:
On loan from the Wellcome Trust