Medicine chest

Made:: 1801-1880

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Medicine chest, mahogany, with top and front hinged
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, mahogany, with top and front hinged
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Medicine chest, mahogany, with top and front hinged, containing 14 glass bottles (all labelled), with weights, balance, glass mortar and pestle, 19th century

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A55236

Materials:: chest, mahogany, lock and handles, brass and hinges, brass (lacquered)

type:: medicine chests

credit:: Curio Corner

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Parts

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Glass bottle with chamois covering over stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 80 mm x 35 mm x 50 mm, 151g. Unknown maker, English, 1801-1880.

Measurements:: overall: 80 mm x 35 mm x 50 mm, 151g

Materials:: half-full , glass , chamois , opium tincture and camphor

Object Number:: A55236 Pt15

type:: medicine chest , bottle and opium

Glass bottle for laudanum

Glass bottle with no stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture) with traces remaining. 142 mm x 27 mm diameter, 47 g. Unknown maker, probably English, 19th century.