Medicine chest

Bottle of tartaric acid

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt1

type:: bottle

Bottle of stomachic powder

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt2

type:: bottle

Bottle of unidentified drug

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt3

type:: bottle

Bottle of cold drawn castor oil

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt4

type:: bottle

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

Materials:: glass , paper , opium tincture , camphor and complete

Object Number:: A23825 Pt5

type:: bottle and opium

Bottle used for ginger

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt6

type:: bottle

Bottle used for sweet spirit of nitre

Bottle used for sweet spirit of nitre, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt7

type:: bottle

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

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt9

type:: bottle

Bottle used for unidentified drug

Bottle used for unidentified drug, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt10

type:: bottle

Bottle of spirit of hartshorn

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt11

type:: bottle

Bottle of camphor

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt12

type:: bottle

Bottle of powdered jalap

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt13

type:: bottle

Bottle used for antimonial wine

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt14

type:: bottle

Bottle used for unidentified drug

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt15

type:: bottle

Bottle used for unidentified drug

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt16

type:: bottle

Bottle of opodeldoc

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt17

type:: bottle

One ounce measuring cylinder with lip

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt18

type:: measuring cylinder

Bottle of antimonial powder

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A23825 Pt19

type:: bottle

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 65 mm x 31 mm x 31 mm, 100g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830.

Materials:: glass , paper , opium , ipecac and complete

Object Number:: A23825 Pt20

type:: bottle and opium

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.