Small leather medicine chest, 1812-1905

Made:: 1812-1905 in London

Small rectangular leather medicine chest, lined with leatherette, containing 14 glass bottles, 12 labelled, 2 weights, much of original contents missing, supplied by Kingsford and Co., London, English, 1812-1905

Details

Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A655804

Materials:: chest, leather, brass, lining, leatherette and lining, velvet

type:: medicine chest

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Parts

'The Powder For Diarrhoea'

Unopened glass bottle with chamois covering full of 'The Powder for Diarrhoea'. 100 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm, 152g. Supplied by Kingsford and Co., London, English, 1801-1905.