Medicine chest and contents

Made:: 1849-1900 in London

maker:: Godfrey and Cooke

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Medicine chest for cholera, by Godfrey and Cooke, English, 1849-1900

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A54893

Materials:: wood (unidentified) and incomplete

Measurements:: overall: 90 mm x 206 mm x 171 mm, .97kg

type:: medicine chest

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Parts

Unopened packet of diarrhoea draughts

Unopened paper packet, secured with twine, containing 3 glass bottles of No.1 Diarrhoea Draught (Confection of Opium). 150 mm x 90 mm x 30 mm. Made by Godfrey and Cooke, English, c. 1850.

Measurements:: overall: 31 mm x 91 mm x 155 mm, 0.146 kg

Materials:: opium , textile , materia medica , glass and paper

Object Number:: A54893 Pt1

type:: packet

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Packet of diarrhoea draughts

Paper packet of 3 bottles of No. 2 Diarrhoea Draught (Aromatic Confection, Opium Tincture and Catechu), with contents. 155 mm x 80 mm x 30 mm. Made by Godfrey and Cooke, English, c. 1850.

Materials:: opium tincture , glass , paper and materia medica

Object Number:: A54893 Pt2

type:: packet

Bottle of Diarrhoea Draught No. 2

Glass bottle with cork stopper and paper cover full of No. 2 Diarrhoea Draught (Aromatic Confection, Opium Tincture and Catechu). 140 mm x 26 mm diameter. Made by Godfrey and Cooke, English, c. 1850.