Bottle of tartaric acid
Bottle of tartaric acid
Medicine chest
- Made:
- 1821-1840
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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 26 glass bottles, 22 labelled, 4 boxes of ointments, 1 pill tile, scales, 8 weights, prescription, plaster spreader and list of chest contents, British, c1830
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A23825
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, lining, velvet, lid, lining, felt, compartment and handle, brass
- type:
- medicine chests
Parts
Bottle of stomachic powder
Bottle of stomachic powder
Bottle of unidentified drug
Bottle of unidentified drug
Bottle of cold drawn castor oil
Bottle of cold drawn castor oil
Glass bottle fo paregoric elixir
Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 109 mm x 47 mm x 46 mm, 287 g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830
Bottle used for ginger
Bottle used for ginger
Bottle used for sweet spirit of nitre
Bottle used for sweet spirit of nitre, empty
Bottle used for sulphuric ether
Bottle used for sulphuric ether, empty
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and wrapping, leather
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt8
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for essence of peppermint
Bottle used for essence of peppermint, empty
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle used for unidentified drug, empty
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn
Bottle of camphor
Bottle of camphor
Bottle of powdered jalap
Bottle of powdered jalap
Bottle used for antimonial wine
Bottle used for antimonial wine
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle of opodeldoc
Bottle of opodeldoc
One ounce measuring cylinder with lip
One ounce measuring cylinder with lip
Bottle of antimonial powder
Bottle of antimonial powder
bottle; controlled drug; opium
Small, square based glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper. Paper label around bottle. Containing powdered opium. Powder has solidified over time. This small bottle may have come from a travelling medicine chest.
Bottle of caustic
Bottle of Caustic, either potassium or sodium hydroxide, label illegible
Bottle of unidentified drug
Bottle of unidentified drug
Bottle of tartar emetic
Bottle of tartar emetic
Bottle of quinine
Bottle of quinine
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
Box of basilican ointment
Box of basilican ointment
Box of spermaceti ointment
Box of spermaceti ointment
Box of blistering ointment
Box of blistering ointment
Box of Healing ointment
Box of Healing ointment
Hand held scales
Hand held scales
One drachm weight
One drachm weight
Half drachm weight
Half drachm weight
Two scruple weight
Two scruple weight
Half scruple weight
Half scruple weight
List of contents of box
List of contents of box
Handwritten prescription
Handwritten prescription
Plaster spreader
Plaster spreader
Two pieces of wood
Two pieces of wood
Medicine chest
Medicine chest, mahogany case (without contents see other parts), British, c1830
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany , lining, velvet, lid , lining, felt, compartment and handle, brass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt45
- type:
- case
