Medicine chest

Medicine chest, mahogany, scruffy with 11 glass bottles, 5 labelled, other contents include 2 leech tubes, c1850

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630173
Materials:
chest, mahogany, lining, velvet, red and handle, brass
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Phillips, Son and Neale

Parts

Bottle of chlorate of potash

Bottle of chlorate of potash

Bottle of chlorate of potash

Object Number:
A630173 Pt1
type:
bottles
Two empty glass bottles

Two empty glass bottles

Two empty glass bottles

Object Number:
A630173 Pt2
type:
bottle
Jar of Chlorodyne lozenges

Jar of Chlorodyne lozenges

Glass jar with ground glass stopper of Chlorodyne Lozenges, each lozenge with moulded 'chlorodyne' label. 120 mm x 55 mm x 40 mm, 267g. Produced by the Civil Service Co-operative Society and dispensed by M.H. Arundel, London, c. 1850.

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 55 mm x 40 mm, 267g
Materials:
glass , chloroform , opium , cannabis and half-full
Object Number:
A630173 Pt3
type:
bottle and opium
Empty glass bottle

Empty glass bottle

Empty glass bottle

Object Number:
A630173 Pt4
type:
bottle
Bottle of apodeldoc (soap liniment)

Bottle of apodeldoc (soap liniment)

Bottle of apodeldoc (soap liniment)

Object Number:
A630173 Pt5
type:
bottles
Bottle for sal volatile

Bottle for sal volatile

Bottle for sal volatile, empty

Object Number:
A630173 Pt6
type:
bottles
Four empty glass bottles

Four empty glass bottles

Four empty glass bottles

Object Number:
A630173 Pt7
type:
bottle
Two glass leech tubes

Two glass leech tubes

Two glass leech tubes

Object Number:
A630173 Pt9
type:
tube
Packet of sulphate of zinc

Packet of sulphate of zinc

Packet of sulphate of zinc

Object Number:
A630173 Pt10
type:
packet
Glass stopper

Glass stopper

Glass stopper

Object Number:
A630173 Pt11
type:
stopper
Wooden funnel

Wooden funnel

Wooden funnel

Object Number:
A630173 Pt12
type:
funnel
Brass half scruple weight

Brass half scruple weight

Brass half scruple weight

Object Number:
A630173 Pt13
type:
weights
Brass foil four grain weight

Brass foil four grain weight

Brass foil four grain weight

Object Number:
A630173 Pt14
type:
weights
Brass foil two grain weight

Brass foil two grain weight

Brass foil two grain weight

Object Number:
A630173 Pt15
type:
weights
Paper tenth grain weights (2)

Paper tenth grain weights (2)

Paper tenth grain weights (2)

Object Number:
A630173 Pt16
type:
weights
Paper label for bicarbonate of potash

Paper label for bicarbonate of potash

Paper label for bicarbonate of potash

Object Number:
A630173 Pt17
type:
label