Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest with hinged lid and front opening drawer

Made:: 1831-1870

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Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest with hinged lid and front opening drawer, containing 10 glass bottles, 8 labelled, a balance, and a pencilled prescription, English, 1831-1870

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A243201

Materials:: wood, brass and velvet

type:: medicine chests

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Parts

Bottle of powdered Chamomile prepared by Walter Plumbly

Bottle of powdered Chamomile prepared by Walter Plumbly, Beccles, Suffolk

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A243201 Pt1

type:: bottles

Bottle of Turkey Rhubarb powder

Bottle of Turkey Rhubarb powder, England

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A243201 Pt2

type:: bottles

Bottle of Soda prepared by E.H. Kellam

Bottle of Soda prepared by E.H. Kellam, M.P.S., Beccles, Suffolk

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A243201 Pt3

type:: bottles

Bottle of Best Powdered Rhubarb prepared by Walter Plumbly of Beccles

Bottle of Best Powdered Rhubarb prepared by Walter Plumbly of Beccles, Suffolk

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A243201 Pt4

type:: bottles

Bottle of Boracic powder prepared by E.H. Kellam

Bottle of Boracic powder prepared by E.H. Kellam, Beccles

Materials:: glass

Object Number:: A243201 Pt5

type:: bottles

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex). Only trace contents remains.