Medicine chest

Medicine chest, mahogany, supplied by Cannan and Brydon, London

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Medicine chest, mahogany, supplied by Cannan and Brydon, London
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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

Parts

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

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.

Materials:
half-full , glass , paper , opium and ipecac
Object Number:
A43487 Pt6
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of aether sulphuricus

Bottle of aether sulphuricus

Bottle of aether sulphuricus, empty & paregoric elixir

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A43487 Pt8
type:
bottle
Astringent powder in wrapper

Astringent powder in wrapper

Astringent powder in wrapper

Materials:
wrapper, paper
Object Number:
A43487 Pt10
type:
packet
Ointment box of blistering plaister

Ointment box of blistering plaister

Ointment box of blistering plaister

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

Materials:
box, iron, tinplate
Object Number:
A43487 Pt12
type:
box
Wooden drawer with brass handle

Wooden drawer with brass handle

Wooden drawer with brass handle

Materials:
whole, wood
Object Number:
A43487 Pt15
type:
drawer