Medicine chest

Medicine chest, mahogany with 17 glass bottles from T.J. Orton of Leamington, 16 labelled with drugs by Savory and Moore, 2 ointment pots, scales and leach cage and tube, mid 19th century

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A23912
Materials:
chest, mahogany, handle, brass and lining, velvet, red
Measurements:
height 257 mm
length 152 mm
width 299 mm
drawers: height 86 mm
drawer: length 136 mm
drawer: width 277 mm
type:
medicine chests

Parts

Bottle of bicarbonate of potash

Bottle of bicarbonate of potash

Bottle of bicarbonate of potash

Object Number:
A23912 Pt1
type:
medicine chest and bottle
Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Rectangular glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering half-full of Dover's Powder. 73 mm x 28 mm x 23 mm, 63g. Produced by Savory and Moore, dispensed by T.J. Orton, Leamington, British, mid-nineteenth century.

Measurements:
height 73 mm
length 28 mm
width 23 mm
63g
Materials:
glass , chamois , cork , opium , ipecac and half-full
Object Number:
A23912 Pt13
type:
medicine chest , bottle and opium
Ointment pot

Ointment pot

Ointment pot, empty

Measurements:
height 40 mm
diameter 40 mm
Materials:
pot, glass
Object Number:
A23912 Pt19
type:
medicine chest and pot