Green leather hinged miniature dispensary

Made:
1850-1900

Green leather hinged miniature dispensary, containing 18 glass jars, measuring cylinder and 7 pill boxes, personal relic of Drs. Bailey, designed by Dr.E.A. Kirby, English, 1850-1900

Small glass measuring cylinder with pouring lip and scale, English, 1850-1900

Small glass measuring cylinder with pouring lip and scale, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
7 small round card boxes for pills, empty, English, 1850-1900

7 small round card boxes for pills, empty, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass vial with cork and plastic stopper containing 4 pills of powdered opium compound (pillulae pulvis opii compositus) consisting of opium (1 in 10) with pepper, ginger and caraway. These pills have been silver-coated.

Glass vial with cork and plastic stopper containing 4 pills of powdered opium compound

1850-1900
Dispensing bottle, empty, used for aromatic ammonia spirit, English, 1850-1900

Dispensing bottle

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, empty, used for unidentified drug, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle,empty, used for chloroform spirit, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, emtpy, used for Solution of Ammonium Acetate, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, emtpy, used for Solution of Ammonium Acetate, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, containing pills of Antimony Potassium Tartrate, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, containing pills of Antimony Potassium Tartrate, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass bottle, used for Aloin, English, 1850-1900

Glass bottle, used for Aloin, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, containing colchicum extract pills, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, containing colchicum extract pills, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, used for mercurous chloride, English, 1850-1900. EMPTY

Glass dispensing bottle, used for mercurous chloride, English, 1850-1900. EMPTY

1850-1900
Dispensing bottle with traces of opium. Gold label with black print reads, 'Opium/ gr. j.' English, 1850-1900.

Dispensing bottle of opium

1850-1900
Dispensing bottle, used for acetylphenylhydrazine (hydracetin) (?), English, 1850-1900. Trace contents

Dispensing bottle, used for acetylphenylhydrazine (hydracetin) (?), English, 1850-1900. Trace contents

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, used for zinc valerianate, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, used for zinc valerianate, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, used for mercurous chloride, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, used for mercurous chloride, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Small glass dispensing bottle with ivory and cork stopper with traces of Calomel( mercury chloride) and opium. 42mm x 16mm diameter. Gold printed label reads, 'CALOMEL C. OPI/gr.ij./gr.fs.' Calomel was often used as a laxative or an a disinfectant. English, 1850-1900.

Small dispensing bottle for Calomel and Opium

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, used for colocynth, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, used for colocynth, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, used for Jalap resin, English, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, used for Jalap resin, English, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, used for dover's powder (ipecacuanha and opium), English, 1850-1900. empty.

Glass dispensing bottle, used for dover's powder (ipecacuanha and opium), English, 1850-1900. empty.

1850-1900
Glass dispensing bottle, used for a purgative drug(?), England, 1850-1900

Glass dispensing bottle, used for a purgative drug(?), England, 1850-1900

1850-1900
Green leather hinged case, for miniature dispensary, containing 18 glass jars, measuring cylinder and 7 pill boxes, personal relic of Drs. Bailey, designed by Dr.E.A. Kirby, English, 1850-1900

Green leather hinged case

1850-1900
3 Dispensing bottle tops, for green leather hinged miniature dispensary, containing 18 glass jars, measuring cylinder and 7 pill boxes, personal relic of Drs. Bailey, designed by Dr.E.A. Kirby, English, 1850-1900

3 Dispensing bottle tops

1850-1900

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A651844
Materials:
case, leather and case, velvet
Measurements:
case: length 161 mm
case: width 110 mm
case: height 54 mm
type:
pocket dispensary

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