Large rectangular wooden medicine chest containing 25 labelled glass bottles

Made:
1914-1918

Large rectangular wooden medicine chest containing 25 labelled glass bottles, 12 labelled tin cannisters, 29 glass phials (some labelled), bandages, splints and supports, used by the German Army during the first World War, German, 1914-1918

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A655877
Materials:
wood, iron, tin, felt and leather
type:
medicine chests

Parts

bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Tall, rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and metal clip; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:
glass and metal
Object Number:
A655877 Pt15
type:
bottle and opium
Wooden box containing glass phials

Wooden box containing glass phials

Rectangular wooden box with hinged lid, compartments for 50 phials of tablets, only 29 remain, 22 contain assorted tablets wrapped in paper. Box: 125 mm x 230 mm x 120 mm, 1483 g total weight. Phials: 100 mm x 15 mm. Used by the German Army, 1914-1918.

Materials:
wood , glass , brass and nickel (plated)
Object Number:
A655877 Pt38
type:
boxes and phials