Medicine chest

Medicine chest

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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

Parts

Glass bottle fo paregoric elixir

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 sweet spirit of nitre

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 essence of peppermint

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
One ounce measuring cylinder with lip

One ounce measuring cylinder with lip

One ounce measuring cylinder with lip

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A23825 Pt18
type:
measuring cylinder
Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

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

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.

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A23825 Pt21
type:
bottle and opium
Box of basilican ointment

Box of basilican ointment

Box of basilican ointment

Materials:
iron, tinplate
Object Number:
A23825 Pt27
type:
box
Box of spermaceti ointment

Box of spermaceti ointment

Box of spermaceti ointment

Materials:
iron, tinplate
Object Number:
A23825 Pt28
type:
box
Box of blistering ointment

Box of blistering ointment

Box of blistering ointment

Materials:
iron, tinplate
Object Number:
A23825 Pt29
type:
box
Box of Healing ointment

Box of Healing ointment

Box of Healing ointment

Materials:
iron, tinplate
Object Number:
A23825 Pt30
type:
box
One ounce weight

One ounce weight

One ounce weight

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A23825 Pt33
type:
weight
Half ounce weight

Half ounce weight

Half ounce weight

Materials:
metal, brass
Object Number:
A23825 Pt34
type:
weight
Two drachms weight

Two drachms weight

Two drachms weight

Materials:
brass
Object Number:
A23825 Pt35
type:
weight
Six grain weight

Six grain weight

Six grain weight

Materials:
brass and foil
Object Number:
A23825 Pt40
type:
weight
List of contents of box

List of contents of box

List of contents of box

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A23825 Pt41
type:
instructions
Handwritten prescription

Handwritten prescription

Handwritten prescription

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A23825 Pt42
type:
prescription
Two pieces of wood

Two pieces of wood

Two pieces of wood

Materials:
wood, mahogany
Object Number:
A23825 Pt44
type:
wood