Walnut medicine chest, 1800-1880

Made:: 1800-1880 in United Kingdom

Walnut medicine chest with 22 glass bottles, 14 labelled

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Walnut medicine chest with 22 glass bottles, 14 labelled
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Walnut medicine chest with 22 glass bottles, 14 labelled, balance watch glass, English, 1800-1880

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A630135

Materials:: box, walnut, bottles (22), glass, watch glass, glass, scale pans (2), glass, handles, brass, ivory and scales, steel

type:: medicine chest

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Clear glass, rectangle base bottle with glass stopper, containing traces of solution of morphine (liquor morphinae)

Clear glass, rectangle base bottle with glass stopper and affixed handwritten paper label, containing traces of solution of morphine (liquor morphinae), unsigned, England, 1800-1880. Bottle originally contained approximately 2 ounces of solution of liquor morphinae.