bottle; controlled drug; opium
Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).
Medicine chest
- Made:
- Unattributed place
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Medicine chest, mahogany, supplied by R. Vines of London, containing seventeen labelled glass bottles, two labelled confection glasses, with preparation equipment, owned by Susan Hitchcock, Etchilhampton, Wilts, 1830-1834
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A190003
- Materials:
- mahogany, hinges, handle, lock, brass and lock, iron
- type:
- medicine chests
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)
Parts
Bottle of paregoric elixir
Rectangular glass bottle with ground glass stopper of 'Elixir Paregoric' (camphorated tincture of opium), traces remaining. 107 mm x 44 mm x 50 mm, 156g. Dispensed by Richard Vines, London, 1830-1834.
