Medicine chest

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Medicine chest, wooden

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Medicine chest, wooden
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Medicine chest, wooden, containing 23 glass bottles (18 labelled) by various suppliers including R. Thomson of Calcutta, 19th century

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A181423
Materials:
chest, wood, handles and hinges, brass and lock, brass
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric elixir (camphorated tincture of opium) with trace amounts remaining. 95 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 117 g. Printed chemists label reads, 'PAREGORIC ELIXIR/ Medicinal Use.- As an anodyne in Coughs/ Dose.- Half to a tea-spoonful, in water/ Francis Sutton & Co. Chemists...'. Norwich, 19th century.

Measurements:
overall: 95 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 117g
Object Number:
A181423 Pt13
type:
bottle and opium