Rectangular medicine chest, containing 34 labelled glass drug bottles, 2 spoons, pestle and mortar, tumbler, bandages, and a balance with weights in a case
- Made:
- 1870-1901
Rectangular medicine chest with front opening drawer, containing 34 labelled glass drug bottles, 2 spoons, a pestle and mortar, a tumbler, some bandages and a balance with weights in a case, drugs by Savory and Moore, English, 1870-1901
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A78496
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, lining, felt, lid and handles, iron
- type:
- medicine chests
- credit:
- Barker, G.A.
Parts
Bottle of Diarrhoea Powder
Square glass dispensing bottle of 'Diarrhoea Powder'. 125 mm x 46 mm x 46 mm, 204g. Due to the fact that opium was a commonly used remedy for diarrhea, it is likely this bottle contains this drug. Handwritten notes on chemists label reads, 'SAVORY & MOORE,/ Chemists to the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,/ DIARRHEOA POWDER/ One teaspoonful after each/liquid motion, in water, with/ a few drops of Essence of/ Peppermint and (illegible)...'. Savory & Moore Ltd., English, 1870-1901.
Bottle of Chlorodyne
Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper and kid covering of Chlorodyne (Tincture of Chloroform and Morphine), half-full. 123 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm, 141 g. Produced by Savory & Moore, London, 1870-1901.
Bottle of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum
Square glass bottle with chamois covering on stopper of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum(opium tincture), bottle full. 132 mm x 44 mm x 44 mm, 272 g. Yellow chemists label reads, 'FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION/THE LINIMENT/From Savory & Moore/...... /of Chloroform/ with Laudanum./....' Savory & Moore, English, 1870-1901.
- Materials:
- complete , glass , chamois , opium and chloroform
- Object Number:
- A78496 Pt21
- type:
- bottle , opium and chloroform
Circle based brown glass bottle with glass stopper and leather covering, for laudanum
Circle based brown glass bottle with glass stopper and leather covering and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).
Contents list of medicine chest from the yacht Zelia
Contents list of medicine chest from the yacht Zelia, two pages, handwritten in ink on paper
Two medicine spoons
Two medicine spoons, stored in lid of chest
Glass measuring cylinder with lip for pouring
Glass measuring cylinder with lip for pouring
Wad of cotton wool
Wad of cotton wool
Rectangular medicine chest case with front opening drawer
Rectangular medicine chest case with front opening drawer, without contents (see other parts for details), by Savory and Moore, English, 1870-1901
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany , lining, felt, lid and handles, iron
- Object Number:
- A78496 Pt57
- type:
- medicine chests