Medicine chest

Medicine chest, almost full, 28 glass bottles, 18 labelled

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Medicine chest, almost full, 28 glass bottles, 18 labelled
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Medicine chest, almost full, 28 glass bottles, 18 labelled, glass pestle and mortar, balance, 9 weights, thermometer, 2 bandages and 4 boxes give by Dr. James Perie to A.A. Sanderson in 1924, with some new contents, made c1860

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Bottle of P. Creta Aromat c. Opii tablets

Bottle of P. Creta Aromat c. Opii tablets

Glass bottle with glass stopper of 'P. Creta Aromati c. Opii' tablets (Aromatic powder with opium), half-full. 83 mm x 21 mm diameter at base, 42g. Burroughs Wellcome, London, c. 1860.

Materials:
opium , glass and half-full
Object Number:
A630131 Pt19
type:
bottle and opium
Clear glass bottle with cork stopper, containing approximately 1 ounce of Pinheroin

Clear glass bottle with cork stopper, containing approximately 1 ounce of Pinheroin

Clear glass, circle based bottle with cork stopper and paper label. To contain approximately 1 ounce of Pinheroin brand of linctus of terpin and heroin. This product is believed to be a cough suppressant due to the opiate nature of heroin and the and bronchodilatory properties of terpin.

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A630131 Pt20
type:
bottle and diamorphine
1 drachm weight

1 drachm weight

1 drachm weight

Materials:
whole, brass
Object Number:
A630131 Pt28
type:
weight
1/2 drachm weight

1/2 drachm weight

1/2 drachm weight

Materials:
whole, brass
Object Number:
A630131 Pt29
type:
weight
2 scruple weight

2 scruple weight

2 scruple weight

Materials:
whole, brass
Object Number:
A630131 Pt30
type:
weight
1 scruple weight

1 scruple weight

1 scruple weight

Materials:
whole, brass
Object Number:
A630131 Pt31
type:
weight
Box of boracic ointment

Box of boracic ointment

Box of boracic ointment

Materials:
whole, brass, tinplate
Object Number:
A630131 Pt40
type:
box
Boxes (2) of ointment (unknown)

Boxes (2) of ointment (unknown)

Boxes (2) of ointment (unknown)

Materials:
whole, brass and tinplate
Object Number:
A630131 Pt41
type:
boxes