Bottle of peppermint essence
Bottle of peppermint essence, empty
Medicine chest
- maker:
- W and T Avery Limited and Ashton and Parsons Limited
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Medicine chest, hinged lid, with 21 glass bottles, 20 labelled, one glass syringe, two balance pans, ten weights and one packet of sugar of lead, c1840
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A23791
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, hinges and lock, brass, lock, iron and lining, velvet, red
- type:
- medicine chests
Parts
Bottle of ginger essence
Bottle of ginger essence, empty
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
Bottle of potassium compound (unknown)
Bottle of potassium compound (unknown)
Bottle of cascara sagrada
Bottle of cascara sagrada, empty
Bottle of tincture of iodine
Bottle of tincture of iodine
Bottle of hazeline
Bottle of hazeline
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and covering, paper
- Object Number:
- A23791 Pt7
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of lavender oil
Bottle of lavender oil
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and covering, paper
- Object Number:
- A23791 Pt8
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of Laudanum
Glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture) with trace remaining. 104 mm x 30 mm, 99 g. Printed chemists label reads, 'CAUTION- This bottle to be kept seperate from all others/ LAUDANUM/ (poison)/ Prepared by/ G. Oldham and Co./...Dublin...'. G. Oldham and Co, Ireland, 1830-1860.
Bottle of rhubarb powder
Bottle of rhubarb powder
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and covering, paper
- Object Number:
- A23791 Pt10
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of grey powder
Bottle of grey powder
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and covering, paper
- Object Number:
- A23791 Pt11
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of hazeline
Bottle of hazeline, empty
Bottle of aromatic confection
Glass bottle of 'Aromatic Confection' with a chamois covering on the stopper. 105 mm x 30 mm, 120g. Handwritten label reads, 'Aromatic Confection/Dose 10 to 20 grains'. Probably English, 1830-1860
Bottle of carbolic acid
Bottle of carbolic acid, empty
Bottle of rhubarb tincture
Bottle of rhubarb tincture
Bottle of spirits of camphor
Bottle of spirits of camphor, empty
Bottle of potassium compound (unknown)
Bottle of potassium compound (unknown)
Balance pans (2)
Balance pans (2)
Glass syringe
Glass syringe with cork top and cotton plunger
One scruple weight
One scruple weight
Six grain weight
Six grain weight
Five grain weight
Five grain weight
Four grain weight
Four grain weight
Three grain weight
Three grain weight
Two grain weight
Two grain weight
Bottle of pills (unknown)
Bottle of pills (unknown)
Bottle of aperient pills
Bottle of aperient pills
Bottle of lavoline
Bottle of lavoline
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, cork and covering, paper
- Object Number:
- A23791 Pt29
- type:
- bottle
Packet of sugar of lead
Packet of sugar of lead
Two scruple weight
Two scruple weight
Half drachm weight
Half drachm weight
One scruple weight
One scruple weight
Half scruple weight
Half scruple weight
Medicine chest case
Medicine chest case, hinged lid (without contents), c1840
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany , hinges and lock, brass , lock, iron and lining, velvet, red
- Object Number:
- A23791 Pt35
- type:
- case
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