Mahogany medicine chest, 1831-1870

Made:
1831-1870
Mahogany medicine chest, 1831-1870

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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 21 glass bottles (15 labelled), 4 cardboard boxes, glass measuring cylinder, pestle and mortar, quill brush, labels for drug bottles with dosage etc., 2 sets of scales, weights, probably English, 1831-1870

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630176
Materials:
chest, mahogany, lining, velvet and handle, lock, brass
Measurements:
height 246 mm
length 293 mm
width 198 mm
type:
medicine chest

Parts

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Opium Linctus (Lict. Opii), with trace contents remaining. 120 mm x 42 mm x 30 mm, 135g. Unknown maker, English, c1850.

Bottle for Opium Linctus

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Opium Linctus (Lict. Opii), with trace contents remaining. 120 mm x 42 mm x 30 mm, 135g. Unknown maker, English, c1850.

Measurements:
overall: 120 mm x 42 mm x 30 mm, 135g
Materials:
glass , opium tincture and trace
Object Number:
A630176 Pt13
type:
bottle and opium
Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform), with trace contents remaining. 73 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm, 82g. Unknown maker, English, c1850.

Bottle for Chlorodyne

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform), with trace contents remaining. 73 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm, 82g. Unknown maker, English, c1850.

Measurements:
overall: 73 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm, 82g
Materials:
trace , glass , morphine and chloroform
Object Number:
A630176 Pt20
type:
bottle and morphine

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