Medicine chest

Made:: 1780-1820

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Medicine chest, mahogany
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Medicine chest, mahogany, complete set of 18 glass bottles (16 labelled) of various sizes and shapes, some with glass stoppers others with brass caps, pair of scales, English, 1780-1820

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A630179

Materials:: chest, mahogany, lining, cloth, red and handle, brass

type:: medicine chests

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Parts

Bottle for rhubarb powder

Bottle for rhubarb powder, small amount present

Materials:: bottle, glass and cap, brass

Object Number:: A630179 Pt1

type:: bottles

Bottle for camphor

Bottle for camphor, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and cap, brass

Object Number:: A630179 Pt2

type:: bottles

Bottle for calomel

Bottle for calomel, small amount present, leather cap for stopper

Materials:: bottle, glass , stopper, glass and cover, leather

Object Number:: A630179 Pt3

type:: bottles

Bottle of Goulard's extract

Bottle of Goulard's extract, quarter full

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630179 Pt4

type:: bottles

Bottle of Friars Balsam

Bottle of Friars Balsam, empty

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass

Object Number:: A630179 Pt5

type:: bottles

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Tall, rectangle based, clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).