bottle; controlled drug; opium
Tall, rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle containing approximately 3 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).
Medicine chest
- Made:
- 1851-1900
Medicine chest, mahogany, with 20 glass bottles, one broken, 12 labelled, from various suppliers in Exeter, glass beaker and glass leech tube, English, 1851-1900
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A73295
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, lining, velvet and handle, brass
- type:
- medicine chests
- credit:
- Mingo, S.
