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
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Materials:
wood
Object Number:
A157318 Pt11
type:
drawers
Glass pestle

Glass pestle

Glass pestle

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

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A157318 Pt13
type:
phials
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

Materials:
chest, wood
Object Number:
A157318 Pt16
type:
case

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