Medicine chest

Made:: 1801-1850 in England

maker:: Unknown

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Medicine chest, mahogany, incomplete set of 19 glass bottles, one broken, 15 labelled, one spare stopper and 7 loose pieces of wood, first half of 19th century, English

Square glass bottle with glass stopper approximately one-quarter full of liquid Laudanum(opium tincture). 73 mm x 37 mm x 34 mm, 102g. Unknown maker, English, early nineteenth century.

Bottle of laudanum

1801-1850

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A23779

Materials:: chest, mahogany, handles, brass and pin, brass

Measurements:: length 305 mm
height 226 mm
width 148 mm
drawer: length 284 mm
drawer: width 136 mm
drawer: depth 79 mm

type:: medicine chests

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Medicine chest

Bottle of laudanum

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