Medicine chest

Made:: 1841-1880 in York

Medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, with 18 glass bottles, 17 labelled (9 of which were supplied by James Epps and Co., Homeopathic Chemists London), with 2 ointment pots and some preparation equipment, English, c1870

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A165022

Materials:: chest, mahogany, lining, velvet and handle, brass

type:: medicine chests

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Medicine chest

Bottle used for brandy, with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 110 mm x 47 mm x 60 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/1

type:: bottle

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Bottle Minderus Spirit (ammonium acetate), with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 108 mm x 35 mm x 41 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/2

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for ammoniated tincture of quinine, with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 108 mm x 28 mm x 32 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/3

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for ammoniated tincture of quinine, with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 108 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/4

type:: bottle

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Empty glass bottle, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 97 mm x 21 mm x 32 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/5

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for brandy, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 105 mm x 28 mm x 31 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/6

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for brandy, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 108 mm x 30 mm x 32 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/7

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for whiskey, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 106 mm x 25 mm x 32 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/8

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for whiskey, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 106 mm x 29 mm x 32 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/9

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for hellebore, with stopper, labelled 'veratrum' in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 65 mm 13 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/10

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of mercury, with stopper, labelled 'mercurius' in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 65 mm 13 mm,

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/11

type:: bottle

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Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of belladonna, with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/12

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of phosphorus, with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/13

type:: bottle

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Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of charcoal, with stopper, empty, labelled 'carbo veg', in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/14

type:: bottle

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Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of liver, with stopper, empty, labelled 'hepa sulph', in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/15

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of arsenic, with stopper, empty, labelled 'arsenicum', in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/16

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of chamomile, with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/17

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Bottle used for homeopathic preperation of rhus, with stopper, empty, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/18

type:: bottle

Medicine chest

Glass pill tile, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 125 mm x 104 mm

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/19

type:: pill tile

Medicine chest

Glass ointment pot with metal lid, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 39 mm x 29 mm

Materials:: Glass and steel

Object Number:: A165022/20

type:: ointment pot

Medicine chest

Glass ointment pot with metal lid, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Glass and steel

Object Number:: A165022/21

type:: ointment pot

Medicine chest

Measuring cylinder, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 89 mm 39 mm,

Materials:: Glass , glass and glass DUP 1

Object Number:: A165022/22

type:: ointment pot

Medicine chest

Glass mortar, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 37 mm 71 mm,

Materials:: Glass , glass and glass DUP 1

Object Number:: A165022/23

type:: mortar

Medicine chest

Pestle, in medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Measurements:: overall: 64 mm x 23 mm

Materials:: Glass

Object Number:: A165022/24

type:: pestle

Medicine chest

Medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Mahogony, velvet, brass

Object Number:: A165022/25

type:: chest

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Drawer from Medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Mahogony, velvet, brass

Object Number:: A165022/26

type:: drawer

Medicine chest

Drawer insert from Medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: Mahogony, velvet, brass

Object Number:: A165022/27

type:: drawer

Medicine chest

Key to unlock Medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A165022/28

type:: key

Medicine chest

Key in a stick shape, to unlock drawer of Medicine chest, by Allen and Co., York, English, c1870

Materials:: brass

Object Number:: A165022/29

type:: key

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