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

Made:
1831-1870
Tall narrow rectangular medicine chest with hinged lid and

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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

Parts

bottle; controlled drug; opium

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.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A243201 Pt6
type:
bottle and opium