Medicine chest containing cholera treatments, England, 1849-1915

Made:: 1849-1915 in England

Medicine chest, for cholera, after 1849, English

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Medicine chest, for cholera, after 1849, English
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Medicine chest, for cholera, after 1849, English

Cholera affects the small intestine and causes watery diarrhoea, vomiting and muscle cramps. This chest contains aromatic confection powder and chalk mixture powder to be taken together or with cinnamon water. Catechu, a vegetable extract, was recommended as a treatment for the worst attacks of cholera as it shrinks swellings, especially in the small intestine. The brown alcoholic mixture is taken with chalk mixture. The chest was sold by chemists Godfrey & Cooke, based in London.

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A54892

Materials:: incomplete and wood (unidentified)

Measurements:: overall: 132 mm x 191 mm x 102 mm, .98kg

type:: medicine chest

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Parts

Bottle of Aromatic Confection Powder

Square glass dispensing bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering, full of Aromatic Confection Powder (contains opium). 108 mm x 36 mm x 37 mm. Unknown maker, English, after 1849.

Measurements:: overall: 108 mm x 36 mm x 37 mm,

Materials:: glass , chamois , string , opium and complete

Object Number:: A54892 Pt1

type:: bottle and opium

Square-based bottle, with glass stopper, covered in chamois, containing Opiate Confection Powder

Clear glass, square-based bottle, with paper label and a glass stopper, covered in chamois leather, containing Opiate Confection Powder. The directions state; 'Dose - Twenty grains (contains half a grain of opium) in a wine glassful of Peppermint Confection of Opium is listed in the British Pharmacopoeia in 1885 only.