Medicine chest

Made:: 1750-1850

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Medicine chest, Sheraton tryptich style, with 26 empty bottles
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Medicine chest, Sheraton tryptich style, with 26 empty bottles, 3 with Dadson of Manor Park, labels (c1890), c1800

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A32938

Materials:: chest, walnut (veneer), with inlay and handle, hinges, lock, brass

type:: medicine chests

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Parts

Bottle used for Paregoric Elixir and Syrup of Squills

Square glass bottle with glass stopper used for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium) and Syrup of Squills, with traces of most recent contents remaining. 90 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 106g. Dispensed by Dadson of Manor Park, nineteenth century.