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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.
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.
Clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper, chamois leather cover and paper label. To contain approximately 6 ounces of laudanum (tincture of opium).
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.
