Medicine chest

Made:: 1801-1850 in London

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Medicine chest, mahogany, thirteen bottles by Rimmel and James Cockle, 18 New Ormond Street, London, England, 1801-1850.

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A200424

Materials:: chest, mahogany, handle, brass, lining, velvet, blue and lining, felt, green

Measurements:: height 211 mm
length 158 mm
width 171 mm
drawer: height 69 mm
drawer: length 147 mm
drawer: width 148 mm

type:: medicine chests

credit:: Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

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Medicine chest case

Medicine chest case, mahogany (without contents see other parts), by Rimmel and James Cockle, 18 New Ormond Street, London, England, 1801-1850.

Measurements:: height 211 mm
length 158 mm
width 171 mm
drawer: height 69 mm
drawer: length 147 mm
drawer: width 148 mm

Materials:: brass (copper, zinc alloy) , felt , mahogany (wood) and velvet

Object Number:: A200424 Pt20

type:: case

Bottle of Dover's Powder

Square glass bottle with glass stopper of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha). 60 mm x 33 mm x 29 mm, 69g. Label reads, ' Dover's Powder/ One of the most valuable Sundries we/ have. It may be used generally in febrile/ affections, and is particularly useful in Ca-/tarrh. It contains one-tenth of its weight of Opium/...' Unknown maker, English, early nineteeth century.