Medicine chest, 1810-1850

Made:
1810-1850
Medicine chest, 1810-1850

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Medicine chest, with 11 bottles from London and Southampton, 9 labelled, and a set of high value grain weights, and some other contents, 1810-1850

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630171
Materials:
chest, wood and hinges, brass
Measurements:
height 1999 mm
length 185 mm
width 249 mm
type:
medicine chest

Parts

Round glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces remaining. 105 mm x 30 mm diameter, 79g. Dispensed by G.S. Pedler, Fleet Street, English, c1830.

Bottle for Paregoric Elixir

Round glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces remaining. 105 mm x 30 mm diameter, 79g. Dispensed by G.S. Pedler, Fleet Street, English, c1830.

Measurements:
overall: 105 mm 30 mm, 79g
Materials:
trace , glass , opium and camphor
Object Number:
A630171 Pt11
type:
bottle and opium

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