Medicine chest

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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
Measurements:
height 198 mm
length 177 mm
width 172 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Sneyd-Taylor

Parts

Bottle of vitriolic ether, empty

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, empty

Bottle of calomel

Bottle of calomel, empty

Measurements:
height 83 mm
diameter 24 mm
Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, chamois
Object Number:
A43487 Pt2
type:
bottle
Bottle of rhubarb powder

Bottle of rhubarb powder

Bottle of rhubarb powder

Measurements:
height 110 mm
width 43 mm
Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A43487 Pt3
type:
bottle
Bottle of tooth tincture, empty

Bottle of tooth tincture

Bottle of tooth tincture, empty

Measurements:
height 64 mm
diameter 22 mm
Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A43487 Pt4
type:
bottle
Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty

Measurements:
height 43 mm
diameter 18 mm
Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A43487 Pt5
type:
bottle
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.

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.

Measurements:
height 71 mm
length 23 mm
width 18 mm
38g
Materials:
half-full , glass , paper , opium and ipecac
Object Number:
A43487 Pt6
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of elixir vitriol

Bottle of elixir vitriol

Bottle of elixir vitriol

Measurements:
height 94 mm
length 35 mm
width 23 mm
Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A43487 Pt7
type:
bottle
Bottle of aether sulphuricus, empty & paregoric elixir

Bottle of aether sulphuricus

Bottle of aether sulphuricus, empty & paregoric elixir

Measurements:
height 112 mm
length 42 mm
width 32 mm
Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A43487 Pt8
type:
bottle
Packet of borax

Packet of borax

Packet of borax

Measurements:
length 74 mm
width 42 mm
Materials:
packet, paper
Object Number:
A43487 Pt9
type:
packet
Astringent powder in wrapper

Astringent powder in wrapper

Astringent powder in wrapper

Measurements:
wrapper: length 100 mm
wrapper: width 50 mm
Materials:
wrapper, paper
Object Number:
A43487 Pt10
type:
packet
Ointment box of blistering plaister

Ointment box of blistering plaister

Ointment box of blistering plaister

Measurements:
height 39 mm
length 43 mm
width 31 mm
Materials:
box, iron, tinplate
Object Number:
A43487 Pt11
type:
box
Ointment box of conserve of roses

Ointment box of conserve of roses

Ointment box of conserve of roses

Measurements:
height 41 mm
length 42 mm
width 29 mm
Materials:
box, iron, tinplate
Object Number:
A43487 Pt12
type:
box
Tongue depresser

Tongue depresser

Tongue depresser

Measurements:
length 76 mm
Materials:
whole, bone
Object Number:
A43487 Pt13
type:
tongue depressor
Leech tube

Leech tube

Leech tube

Measurements:
length 108 mm
diameter 18 mm
Materials:
whole, glass
Object Number:
A43487 Pt14
type:
tube
Wooden drawer with brass handle

Wooden drawer with brass handle

Wooden drawer with brass handle

Measurements:
height 23 mm
length 46 mm
width 145 mm
Materials:
whole, wood
Object Number:
A43487 Pt15
type:
drawer
Medicine chest, mahogany case (without contents see other parts), supplied by Cannan and Brydon, London, early 19th century

Medicine chest

Medicine chest, mahogany case (without contents see other parts), supplied by Cannan and Brydon, London, early 19th century

Measurements:
height 198 mm
length 177 mm
width 172 mm
Materials:
mahogany (wood) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and velvet
Object Number:
A43487 Pt16
type:
case

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