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Medicine chest and contents, c.1800, by Dalmahoy, English
Bottle used for tincture of myrrh, prepared by Richards of Watford, empty
Bottle of tartar emetic
Bottle of linament, residue only, by Richard Allen, Watford
Empty bottle, contents prepared by Matthew Henson, Watford
Empty bottle of spirits of Lavender prepared by E. F. Maitland, Watford
Square glass bottle for Laudanum (opium tincture) with cork stopper, trace contents remaining. 103 mm x 49 mm x 43 mm, 321 g. Dalmahoy, English, 1780-1820.
Drawer containing some barks
Drawer containing solid lump of 'milk of sulphur'
Box containing basilicon
Tin containing Turner's cerate
Materia medica, magnesia powder
Materia medica, Rochelle salt
Materia medica, Gascoign's powder
Tin of pile ointment
Empty bottle of hartshorn spirit prepared by Richard Allen, Watford
Bottle used for volatile quaiacum tincture, deposit only, prepared by E. F. Maitland, Watford
Bottle containing brown liquid, bottle damaged
Bottle of palsy drops
Oil cloth rolled with lint
Box containing some paste
Polythene bag containing broken pieces of dried poppy heads. 8g. Unknown maker and origin, inside a medicine chest dating from 1780-1820.
Leather case, empty
Glass stopper
Glass enema
Two metal keys
