Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and velvet
- Made:
- 1801-1900
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Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and velvet, contains 11 glass bottles (9 labelled), medicine measures, balances and weights, English, 1801-1900.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A54505
- Materials:
- leather, leatherette, velvet and brass
- Measurements:
-
length 138 mm
width 192 mm
depth 110 mm
- type:
- medicine chests
Parts
Bottle of aromatic confection
Rectangular glass bottle, kid covered stopper, half full of 'Aromatic Confection' (contains opium). 89 mm x 49 mm x 42 mm, 220g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.
Bottle for chlorodyne
Narrow rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper, empty, originally contained chlorodyne. 89 mm x 32 mm x 20 mm, 73 g. English, 19th century.
- Measurements:
-
height 89 mm
width 32 mm
depth 20 mm
73 g
- Object Number:
- A54505 Pt7
- type:
- bottles and pharmaceutical preparation
bottle; controlled drug; opium
Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).
Bottle of paregoric elixir
Narrow rectangular bottle with chamois over stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 85 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 52 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.
Small glass measuring cylinder
Small glass measuring cylinder, flat base and pouring lip
- Measurements:
-
height 51 mm
max: diameter 19 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A54505 Pt12
- type:
- measuring cylinders
Small glass measuring cylinder
Small glass measuring cylinder, flat base and pouring lip
- Measurements:
-
height 43 mm
max: diameter 20 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A54505 Pt13
- type:
- measuring cylinders
Set of square
Set of square, brass dram weights - 2, 1 and 1/2 drams in value, in box with scruple weights
- Measurements:
-
max: length 15 mm
max: width 15 mm
min: length 10 mm
min: width 10 mm
- Materials:
- brass
- Object Number:
- A54505 Pt15
- type:
- medicine chest and weights
Set of square
Set of square, brass, scruple weights - 2,1 and 1/2 scruple in value, in box with dram weights
- Measurements:
-
max: length 13 mm
max: width 11 mm
min: length 8 mm
min: width 8 mm
- Materials:
- brass
- Object Number:
- A54505 Pt16
- type:
- medicine chest and weights
Set of 6 thin brass weights
Set of 6 thin brass weights, 6,5,4,3,2 and 1 grains in value, in small box
- Measurements:
-
max: length 15 mm
max: width 15 mm
min: length 6 mm
min: width 6 mm
- Materials:
- brass
- Object Number:
- A54505 Pt17
- type:
- medicine chest and weights
Rectangular leather medicine chest case
Rectangular leather medicine chest case lined with leatherette and velvet (without contents see other parts), English, 1801-1900
- Measurements:
-
length 138 mm
width 192 mm
depth 110 mm
- Materials:
- leather , leatherette , velvet and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- A54505 Pt18
- type:
- case
