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Medicine chest

Made:: 1840-1880

Medicine chest, winged front

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Medicine chest, winged front, with 17 bottles with labels from 6 suppliers, in Bristol area, glass pestle and mortar, packet of chamomille, prescription on visiting card, c1850

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A630137

Materials:: chest, wood, handle, hinges, lock, brass and lock, iron

type:: medicine chests

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Parts

Glass bottle of paregoric elixir

Glass bottle of paregoric elixir

Slender glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 106 mm x 31 mm x 28 mm, 119g. Dispensed by Taplin Chemists, Bristol, 1840-1880.

Materials:: half-full , paper , opium tincture , camphor and glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt1

type:: bottle and opium

Bottle for spirits of hartshorn

Bottle for spirits of hartshorn

Bottle for spirits of hartshorn, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt2

type:: bottle

Bottle for red lavender

Bottle for red lavender

Bottle for red lavender, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt3

type:: bottle

bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Tall, rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of Laudanum, otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt4

type:: bottle and opium

Bottle for pure quinine

Bottle for pure quinine

Bottle for pure quinine, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt5

type:: bottle

Bottle for Iodine liniment

Bottle for Iodine liniment

Bottle for Iodine liniment, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt6

type:: bottle

Bottle for Sulphurous acid

Bottle for Sulphurous acid

Bottle for Sulphurous acid, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt7

type:: bottle

Bottle of antimonial wine

Bottle of antimonial wine

Bottle of antimonial wine

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt8

type:: bottle

Bottle for ipecacuanha wine

Bottle for ipecacuanha wine

Bottle for ipecacuanha wine, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt9

type:: bottle

Bottle for sweet spirit of nitre

Bottle for sweet spirit of nitre

Bottle for sweet spirit of nitre, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt10

type:: bottle

Bottle of magnesium hydroxide

Bottle of magnesium hydroxide

Bottle of magnesium hydroxide

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt11

type:: bottle

Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt12

type:: bottle

Bottle of Epsom Salts

Bottle of Epsom Salts

Bottle of Epsom Salts

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt13

type:: bottle

Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty

Bottle, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt14

type:: bottle

Bottle of powdered rhubarb

Bottle of powdered rhubarb

Bottle of powdered rhubarb

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt15

type:: bottle

Packet of chamomile flowers

Packet of chamomile flowers

Packet of chamomile flowers

Materials:: wrapper, paper, light blue

Object Number:: A630137 Pt16

type:: packet

Drawer for adhesive plaster

Drawer for adhesive plaster

Drawer for adhesive plaster

Materials:: drawer, wood and handle, bone

Object Number:: A630137 Pt17

type:: drawer

Prescription, written on a visiting card

Prescription, written on a visiting card

Prescription, written on a visiting card

Materials:: whole, card

Object Number:: A630137 Pt18

type:: card

Glass Mortar

Glass Mortar

Glass Mortar

Materials:: whole, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt19

type:: mortar

Glass pestle

Glass pestle

Glass pestle

Materials:: whole, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt20

type:: pestle

Bottle for Grey powder

Bottle for Grey powder

Bottle for Grey powder, trace

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt21

type:: bottle

Bottle for calomel

Bottle for calomel

Bottle for calomel, trace

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630137 Pt22

type:: bottle

Packet of oxalic acid

Packet of oxalic acid

Packet of oxalic acid

Materials:: wrapper, paper, light green

Object Number:: A630137 Pt23

type:: packet

Medicine chest case

Medicine chest case

Medicine chest case, winged front (without contents see other parts), c1850

Materials:: chest, wood , handle, hinges, lock, brass and lock, iron

Object Number:: A630137 Pt24

type:: case