Mahogany medicine chest with 15 glass bottles

Made:
1800-1880
Mahogany medicine chest with 15 glass bottles

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Mahogany medicine chest with 15 glass bottles
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Mahogany medicine chest with 15 glass bottles, 9 with labelled contents, various suppliers, English, nineteenth century

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630125
Materials:
mahogany
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Wellcome Trust (Purchased from Stevens)

Parts

Glass bottle of Chlorodyne

Glass bottle of Chlorodyne

Rectangular glass bottle with ground glass stopper one-quarter full of 'Chlorodyne' (morphine and chloroform tincture, with cannabis in some recipes). 106 mm x 27 mm x 34 mm, 93 g. Dispensed by W.R. Baker, Sidcup, English, 1850-1880.

Materials:
morphine , chloroform , cannabis , quarter-full and glass
Object Number:
A630125 Pt2
type:
bottle and morphine
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass, test tube shaped bottle with cork and wood stopper containing powdered opium (pulveratum opii). Prepared by W R Baker of Sidcup.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A630125 Pt8
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass, test tube shaped bottle with cork and wood stopper containing powdered opium (pulveratum opii). Prepared by W R Baker of Sidcup.

Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A630125 Pt9
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass, test tube shaped bottle with cork and wood stopper containing powdered opium (pulveratum opii). Prepared by W R Baker of Sidcup.

Object Number:
A630125 Pt10
type:
bottle and opium