Medicine chest

Made:
1820-1870

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
Measurements:
height 188 mm
length 169 mm
width 214 mm
drawer: height 44 mm
drawer: length 157 mm
drawer: width 188 mm
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
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.

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, empty

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
Mahogany medicine chest case, without contents (see other parts for rest), c1850

Mahogany medicine chest case

Mahogany medicine chest case, without contents (see other parts for rest), c1850

Measurements:
height 188 mm
length 169 mm
width 214 mm
Materials:
mahogany (wood) , velvet and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
Object Number:
A630173 Pt18
type:
case

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