Narrow rectangular mahogany medicine chest with drawer

Made:
1860-1900

Narrow rectangular mahogany medicine chest with drawer, 8 glass bottles (6 labelled), pair of brass scales, weights missing, English, 1860-1900

Empty bottle with stopper

Empty bottle with stopper

Empty bottle with stopper

Empty bottle with stopper

Bottle with glass stopper, containing clear brown liquid

Bottle with glass stopper

Bottle with stopper, full of aconite liniment

Bottle with stopper

Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Bottle to contain tincture of opium

Bottle with stopper, containing brown belladonna liniment

Bottle with stopper

Bottle with stopper, containing gelatinous carbolic acid

Bottle with stopper

Bottle with stopper, almost full of clear solution of glycerine

Bottle with stopper

Hand held scales, with pair of brass pans, in good condition

Hand held scales

Steel key

Steel key

Mahogany medicine chest case, narrow rectangular, with drawer but without contents (see other parts for rest), English, 1860-1900

Mahogany medicine chest case

1860-1900

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A630188
Materials:
mahogany, lining, velvet and handle, brass
Measurements:
height 165 mm
length 210 mm
width 96 mm
type:
medicine chest

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