Medicine chest

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Medicine chest, mahogany, supplied by Cannan and Brydon, London, containing 8 glass bottles (7 labelled), 2 labelled packets, 2 labelled boxes, tongue depressor and a leech tube, early 19th century

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A43487

Materials:: chest, mahogany, handle, key guard, brass and lid, lining, velvet, blue

type:: medicine chests

credit:: Sneyd-Taylor

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Parts

Bottle of vitriolic ether

Bottle of vitriolic ether, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass , stopper, glass and covering, chamois

Object Number:: A43487 Pt1

type:: bottle

Bottle of calomel

Bottle of calomel, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, chamois

Object Number:: A43487 Pt2

type:: bottle

Bottle of rhubarb powder

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, cork

Object Number:: A43487 Pt3

type:: bottle

Bottle of tooth tincture

Bottle of tooth tincture, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, cork

Object Number:: A43487 Pt4

type:: bottle

Bottle, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, cork

Object Number:: A43487 Pt5

type:: bottle

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

Small glass bottle with glass stopper half-full of Dover's Powder. 71 mm x 23 mm x 18 mm, 38 g. By Cannan and Brydon, London, early nineteenth century.