Homeopathic pocket-sized medicine chest

Made:
1840-1920

Homeopathic pocket-sized medicine chest, containing 320 glass phials, 108with abbreviated handwritten inscriptions, possibly English, 1840-1920

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A203016
Materials:
wood, leatherette, lining, silk, lid and catch, brass
Measurements:
length 143 mm
width 81 mm
height 36 mm
phial: height 18 mm
phial: diameter 7 mm
type:
medicine chests

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