Medicine chest

Made:
1770-1840
Medicine chest

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Medicine chest, wood, with hinged lid and front, containing a total of 10 bottles (9 labelled), 1 paper packet, 1 pamphlet, 1 drawer of 4 materia medica specimens, glass pestle and metal funnel, by Swinfen, Leicester, 1770-1840

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A157318
Materials:
chest, wood
Measurements:
height 260 mm
width 190 mm
length 170 mm
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing an absinth preparation

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing an absinth preparation

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing an absinth preparation

Measurements:
with stopper: height 124 mm
length 52 mm
width 39 mm
Materials:
glass and contents, powder, white
Object Number:
A157318 Pt1
type:
bottles
Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing cinchona powder

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing cinchona powder

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing cinchona powder

Measurements:
with stopper: height 124 mm
length 52 mm
width 39 mm
Materials:
glass and contents, powder, brown
Object Number:
A157318 Pt2
type:
bottles
Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing Dr. Huxham's tincture of bark

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing Dr. Huxham's tincture of bark

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing Dr. Huxham's tincture of bark

Measurements:
height 124 mm
length 52 mm
width 39 mm
Materials:
glass and contents, tincture, brown
Object Number:
A157318 Pt3
type:
bottles
Instructions for the uses of Dr. Huxham's tincture of bark

Instructions for the uses of Dr. Huxham's tincture of bark

Instructions for the uses of Dr. Huxham's tincture of bark

Measurements:
length 44 mm
width 96 mm
Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A157318 Pt4
type:
instructions
Ammonia preparation in glass bottle

Ammonia preparation in glass bottle

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper covered with a paper seal containing an ammonia preparation

Measurements:
height 124 mm
length 52 mm
width 39 mm
Materials:
glass and seal, paper
Object Number:
A157318 Pt5
type:
bottles
Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper, empty

Measurements:
height 124 mm
length 52 mm
width 39 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A157318 Pt6
type:
bottles
Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing a rhubarb preparation

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing a rhubarb preparation

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing a rhubarb preparation

Measurements:
height 124 mm
length 52 mm
width 39 mm
Materials:
glass and contents, residue, brown
Object Number:
A157318 Pt7
type:
bottles
Folded paper packet sealed with red sealing wax

Folded paper packet sealed with red sealing wax

Folded paper packet sealed with red sealing wax, containing an unidentified powder

Measurements:
length 60 mm
width 25 mm
height 15 mm
Materials:
paper and seal, wax, red
Object Number:
A157318 Pt8
type:
packets
Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing a tartar emetic

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing a tartar emetic

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing a tartar emetic, full

Measurements:
height 85 mm
length 49 mm
width 38 mm
Materials:
glass and contents, powder, white
Object Number:
A157318 Pt9
type:
bottles
Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing ammonia

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing ammonia

Clear square glass bottle with glass stopper containing ammonia

Measurements:
height 85 mm
length 49 mm
width 38 mm
Materials:
glass and contents, liquid, honey coloured
Object Number:
A157318 Pt10
type:
bottles
Labelled drawer for saffron

Labelled drawer for saffron

Labelled drawer for saffron, rhubarb, gum ammoniac and gum guaiacum

Measurements:
length 165 mm
width 135 mm
height 35 mm
Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A157318 Pt11
type:
drawers
Glass pestle

Glass pestle

Glass pestle

Measurements:
length 87 mm
max: diameter 23 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A157318 Pt12
type:
pestles
Cylindrical clear glass phial with stopper for oil pennyroyal

Cylindrical clear glass phial with stopper for oil pennyroyal

Cylindrical clear glass phial with stopper for oil pennyroyal

Measurements:
length 103 mm
diameter 20 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A157318 Pt13
type:
phials
Metal funnel

Metal funnel

Metal funnel

Measurements:
height 50 mm
max: diameter 34 mm
Materials:
nickel, ? material
Object Number:
A157318 Pt14
type:
funnels
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass, square based bottle with stopper and paper label. Believed to have been part of a medicine chest. To contain laudanum, or tincture of opium (tinctura opii). Shoulder broken, contents spilt. Shoulder and stopper inside bottle. Contents leaving powder behind.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A157318 Pt15
type:
bottle and opium
Medicine chest

Medicine chest

Medicine chest, wood case, with hinged lid and front (without contents see other parts), by Swinfen, Leicester, 1770-1840

Measurements:
height 260 mm
width 190 mm
length 170 mm
Materials:
wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A157318 Pt16
type:
case

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