Bottle of castor oil
Bottle of castor oil
Medicine chest
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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 24 glass bottles, all labelled, glass pill tile, 2 boxes, 2 ointment jars, 2 pill jars, spare brass lock with key, palette knife, prescription, bandage, broken glass pestle and glass mortar, by Chubb and Son, 57 St. Paul's Churchyard, London, England, 1851-1900. Supplied by Godfrey and Cooke.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A500506
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, lining, velvet and handle, brass
- type:
- medicine chests
Parts
Bottle of Epsom Salt
Bottle of Epsom Salt
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt2
- type:
- bottles
Empty bottle used for spirit of sal volatile
Empty bottle used for spirit of sal volatile
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt3
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of carbonate of soda
Bottle of carbonate of soda
Dr. Gregory's stomach powder
Dr. Gregory's stomach powder
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt5
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of chalk mixture
Bottle of chalk mixture
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt6
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of brown unidentified drug
Bottle of brown unidentified drug
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and wrapping, leather, chamois
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt7
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of fine magnesia
Bottle of fine magnesia
- Materials:
- botle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt8
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of Turkey rhubarb
Bottle of Turkey rhubarb
- Materials:
- botlte, glass , stopper, glass and wrapping, leather, chamois
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt9
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of tincture of rhubarb
Bottle of tincture of rhubarb
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt10
- type:
- bottles
Glass bottle for paregoric elixir
Slender glass bottle with ground glass stopper for 'Paregorick Elixir' (camphorated tincture of opium) with traces remaining. 122 mm x 40 mm x 27 mm, 170 g. Dispensed by Godfrey and Cooke, London, late nineteenth century.
Bottle of opodeldoc
Bottle of opodeldoc
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt12
- type:
- bottles
Empty bottle used for spirit of camphor
Empty bottle used for spirit of camphor
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt13
- type:
- bottles
Empty bottle used for Hoffman's ether
Empty bottle used for Hoffman's ether
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt14
- type:
- bottles
Empty bottle used for spirit of Lavender
Empty bottle used for spirit of Lavender
Bottle of peppermint essence
Bottle of peppermint essence
Bottle of quinine solution
Bottle of quinine solution
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stoper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt17
- type:
- bottles
bottle; controlled drug; opium
Clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper, chamois leather cover and paper label. To contain approximately 6 ounces of laudanum (tincture of opium).
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt18
Bottle of wine of Colchicum
Bottle of wine of Colchicum
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt19
- type:
- bottles
Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder
Small glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering containing Dover's Powder (opium and ipecac). 63 mm x 33 mm x 28 mm, 94 g. Godfrey and Cooke, London, late nineteenth century.
Bottle of Ipecacuanha powder
Bottle of Ipecacuanha powder
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt22
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of James's Powder
Bottle of James's Powder
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt23
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of blue pills
Bottle of blue pills
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt24
- type:
- bottles
Bottle of Calomel
Bottle of Calomel
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass , wrapping, leather, chamois and wrapping, string
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt25
- type:
- bottles
Box of Spermaceti Cerate
Box of Spermaceti Cerate
Empty box used for camphor
Empty box used for camphor
Jar of Blister plaster
Jar of Blister plaster
Jar of Pomade Divine
Jar of Pomade Divine
Jar of mild aperient pils
Jar of mild aperient pils
Jar of Blue Pill and Colocynth Pills
Jar of Blue Pill and Colocynth Pills
Palette knife
Palette knife
- Materials:
- blade, steel and handle, wood, synthetic(?)
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt34
- type:
- palette knife
Handwritten prescription
Handwritten prescription, for bark mixture
Medicine chest, mahogany case
Medicine chest, mahogany case, by Chubb and Son, St. Paul's Churchyard, London, England, 1851-1900.
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany , lining, velvet and handle, brass
- Object Number:
- A500506 Pt39
- type:
- case
