Medicine chest

Medicine chest, mahogany, velvet lining

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Medicine chest, mahogany, velvet lining
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Medicine chest, mahogany, velvet lining, complete with 22 glass bottles, 21 labelled, glass pill tile, 2 metal boxes of ointment, 3 labelled glass jars of pills, glass measuring cylinder, glass pestle and mortar, 2 dressings, a bandage and scales and 11 weights, English, early 19th century

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A104174
Materials:
chest, mahogany, lining, velvet and fittings, brass
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Knight, Frank and Rutley

Parts

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir with trace contents remaining. 118 mm x 40 mm x 28 mm, 140g. By Dinneford and Ealing, English, 1830-1850.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt2
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of hartshorn spirit

Bottle of hartshorn spirit

Bottle of hartshorn spirit, three quarters full colourless liquid, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt3
type:
bottles
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder

Bottle of ipecacuanha powder

Bottle of ipecacuanha powder, full yellow powder, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt4
type:
bottles
Bottle of lemon acid crystals

Bottle of lemon acid crystals

Bottle of lemon acid crystals, full colourless crystals, leather cap

Materials:
bottle, glass and cap, leather
Object Number:
A104174 Pt5
type:
bottles
Bottle of sweet spirit of nitre

Bottle of sweet spirit of nitre

Bottle of sweet spirit of nitre, quarter full colourless spirit, leather cap

Materials:
bottle, glass and cap, leather
Object Number:
A104174 Pt6
type:
bottles
Bottle of benzoin tincture

Bottle of benzoin tincture

Bottle of benzoin tincture, full brown liquid, leather cap

Materials:
bottle, glass and cap, leather
Object Number:
A104174 Pt7
type:
bottles
Bottle of bark tincture

Bottle of bark tincture

Bottle of bark tincture, quarter full brown liquid, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt8
type:
bottles
Bottle of soap liniment

Bottle of soap liniment

Bottle of soap liniment, half full amber liquid, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt9
type:
bottles
Bottle of soda carbonate

Bottle of soda carbonate

Bottle of soda carbonate, small amount white powder, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt10
type:
bottles
Bottle of lavender spirit

Bottle of lavender spirit

Bottle of lavender spirit, half full dark red liquid with cap

Materials:
bottle, glass and cap, leather
Object Number:
A104174 Pt11
type:
bottles
Bottle of dried epsom salt

Bottle of dried epsom salt

Bottle of dried epsom salt, three quarters full white powder

Materials:
bottle, glass and cap, leather
Object Number:
A104174 Pt13
type:
bottles
Bottle of rhubarb powder

Bottle of rhubarb powder

Bottle of rhubarb powder, solidified block of brown powder present, with cap

Materials:
bottle, glass and cap, leather
Object Number:
A104174 Pt14
type:
bottles
Bottle of calcined magnesia

Bottle of calcined magnesia

Bottle of calcined magnesia, half full white powder, with cap

Materials:
bottle, glass and cap, leather
Object Number:
A104174 Pt15
type:
bottles
Bottle of lead extract

Bottle of lead extract

Bottle of lead extract, broken, small amount white powder present, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt18
type:
bottles
Bottle of camphor acetic acid

Bottle of camphor acetic acid

Bottle of camphor acetic acid, small amount brown liquid present, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt20
type:
bottles
Bottle of peppermint essence

Bottle of peppermint essence

Bottle of peppermint essence, small amount brown liquid present, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt21
type:
bottles
Bottle of prepared calomel

Bottle of prepared calomel

Bottle of prepared calomel, full white powder, with stopper

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt22
type:
bottles
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Small clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper and paper label. To contain Laudanum, or Tincture of Opium. Believed to have possibly been from a small medicine chest. Contents mostly gone, remaining dry and congealed.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt23
type:
bottle and opium
Metal box

Metal box

Metal box, nearly full whitish wax, label torn

Materials:
tin
Object Number:
A104174 Pt24
type:
boxes
Metal box

Metal box

Metal box, block of brown substance present, unlabelled

Materials:
tin
Object Number:
A104174 Pt25
type:
boxes
Jar of calomel pills

Jar of calomel pills

Jar of calomel pills, small amount brown powder present, with cap

Materials:
jar, glass and cap, tin
Object Number:
A104174 Pt26
type:
jars
Bottle of aperient pills

Bottle of aperient pills

Bottle of aperient pills, about a dozen brown tablets present, with cap

Materials:
jar, glass and cap, tin
Object Number:
A104174 Pt27
type:
jars
Glass jar of squill pills

Glass jar of squill pills

Small glass jar with foot and tin lid of round black Squill pills, half-full. 49 mm x 32 mm diameter, 43 g. Unknown maker, English, early 19th century.

Materials:
half-full , glass , tin and squill
Object Number:
A104174 Pt28
type:
jar and squill
Pestle, glass

Pestle, glass

Pestle, glass

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt30
type:
pestles
Mortar, glass

Mortar, glass

Mortar, glass

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A104174 Pt31
type:
mortars
Lint dressing

Lint dressing

Lint dressing

Materials:
lint
Object Number:
A104174 Pt32
type:
dressings
Burndressing, wax surface disrupted

Burndressing, wax surface disrupted

Burndressing, wax surface disrupted

Materials:
cloth, wax-covered
Object Number:
A104174 Pt33
type:
dressings
2 dram weight

2 dram weight

2 dram weight

Materials:
lead
Object Number:
A104174 Pt36
type:
weights
1 dram weight

1 dram weight

1 dram weight

Materials:
lead
Object Number:
A104174 Pt37
type:
weights
1/2 dram weight

1/2 dram weight

1/2 dram weight

Materials:
lead
Object Number:
A104174 Pt38
type:
weights
2 scruple weight

2 scruple weight

2 scruple weight

Materials:
lead
Object Number:
A104174 Pt39
type:
weights
1/2 scrupe weight

1/2 scrupe weight

1/2 scrupe weight

Materials:
lead
Object Number:
A104174 Pt40
type:
weights
6 grain weight

6 grain weight

6 grain weight

Materials:
lead (foil)
Object Number:
A104174 Pt41
type:
weights
5 grain weight

5 grain weight

5 grain weight

Materials:
lead (foil)
Object Number:
A104174 Pt42
type:
weights
3 grain weight

3 grain weight

3 grain weight

Materials:
lead (foil)
Object Number:
A104174 Pt44
type:
weights
2 grain weight

2 grain weight

2 grain weight

Materials:
lead (foil)
Object Number:
A104174 Pt45
type:
weights
1 grain weight

1 grain weight

1 grain weight

Materials:
lead (foil)
Object Number:
A104174 Pt46
type:
weights