Medicine chest

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Medicine chest, mahogany veneer, from John Bell of Oxford Street, contents by Dixon of Southampton and Bell, consisting of 5 glass bottles, 4 labelled, glass liquid measure and balance, c1820

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A28194

Materials:: chest, mahogany (veneer), inlay, mother-of-pearl and lining, velvet, grey

type:: medicine chests

credit:: Army and Navy Stores

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Parts

Bottle of Laudanum

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture) with dried residues remaining. 102 mm x 27 mm x 40 mm, 111g. Dispensed from John Bell of Oxford Street, London, c1820.