Wooden military medicine chest

Made:
1914-1918 in Germany
maker:
Unknown

Wooden military medicine chest, rectangular with hinged lid, iron fittings including three locks at front, one missing, one removable tray containing bottled drugs, with loose bottles of drugs in base of chest, German 1914-1918

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656601
Materials:
wood and iron, hinges, fittings
Measurements:
height 383 mm
length 470 mm
width 435 mm
type:
medicine chests

Parts

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, stoppered containing unidentified black liquid, one quarter full

Measurements:
height 93 mm
width 43 mm
Materials:
glass, clear and fabric, cover seal
Object Number:
A656601 Pt1
type:
bottles
Glass bottle for valerian tincture

Glass bottle for valerian tincture

Glass bottle for valerian tincture, glass stopper with leather cover with liquid content

Measurements:
height 110 mm
width 51 mm
Materials:
glass, clear and leather, stopper cover
Object Number:
A656601 Pt2
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for liquid ammonium

Clear glass bottle for liquid ammonium

Clear glass bottle for liquid ammonium, empty, broad glass stopper

Measurements:
height 101 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt3
type:
bottles
Glass bottle for collodium

Glass bottle for collodium

Glass bottle for collodium, glass stopper with leather cover, containing glvey lump or colloidal substance

Measurements:
height 105 mm
width 46 mm
Materials:
glass, clear and leather, stopper cover
Object Number:
A656601 Pt4
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, glass stoppered for liquid ammonium, containing clear liquid

Measurements:
height 108 mm
width 51 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt5
type:
bottles
Brown stained glass bottle

Brown stained glass bottle

Brown stained glass bottle, stoppered, with leather seal, for carbolic acid containing liquid and crystals

Measurements:
height 100 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass, stained , leather, seal and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt6
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered, for liquid ammonium, containing clear liquid

Measurements:
height 106 mm
width 51 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt7
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered, for aluminium autotartrate, containing liquid

Measurements:
height 104 mm
width 50 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt8
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered for arachis oil, empty

Measurements:
height 110 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt9
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for aluminium autotartrate

Clear glass bottle for aluminium autotartrate

Clear glass bottle for aluminium autotartrate, stoppered, leather covered top, containing yellow liquid

Measurements:
height 110 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass, clear and leather, cover
Object Number:
A656601 Pt10
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for arachis oil

Clear glass bottle for arachis oil

Clear glass bottle for arachis oil, stoppered with metal clasp securing stopper containing transparent yellow liquid

Measurements:
height 105 mm
width 51 mm
Materials:
glass, clear and metal, clasp
Object Number:
A656601 Pt11
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, cylindrical containing unidentified drug, powder of orangy-red colour, leather sealed

Measurements:
height 104 mm
max: diameter 42 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, seal and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt12
type:
bottles
Brown glass bottle

Brown glass bottle

Brown glass bottle, cylindrical, stoppered containing unidentified powder

Measurements:
height 97 mm
max: diameter 42 mm
Materials:
glass, brown
Object Number:
A656601 Pt13
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture, glass stoppered top covered in paper and tied, containing liquid

Measurements:
height 91 mm
width 34 mm
thickness 25 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , paper and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt14
type:
bottles
Brown glass bottle for potassium iodide

Brown glass bottle for potassium iodide

Brown glass bottle for potassium iodide, glass stoppered containing white crystals

Measurements:
height 78 mm
width 33 mm
Materials:
glass, brown
Object Number:
A656601 Pt15
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for potassium iodide

Clear glass bottle for potassium iodide

Clear glass bottle for potassium iodide, glass stoppered, containing large white crystals

Measurements:
height 83 mm
width 33 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt16
type:
bottles
Brown glass bottle for silver nitrate

Brown glass bottle for silver nitrate

Brown glass bottle for silver nitrate, tall slender, sealed, leather covered top tied round neck with string containing three short crystalline cylinders

Measurements:
height 80 mm
width 24 mm
Materials:
glass, brown , leather, seal and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt17
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture, sealed with leather cover tied by string round neck containing yellow liquid

Measurements:
height 92 mm
width 34 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt18
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for diluted hydrochloric acid

Clear glass bottle for diluted hydrochloric acid

Clear glass bottle for diluted hydrochloric acid, glass stopper, empty

Measurements:
height 76 mm
width 23 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt19
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle with stopper for strychnine tincture containing amber coloured liquid

Clear glass bottle with stopper for strychnine tincture containing amber coloured liquid

Clear glass bottle with stopper for strychnine tincture containing amber coloured liquid

Measurements:
height 91 mm
width 35 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt20
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered, for camphor oil, containing a very small quantity of oil in bottom

Measurements:
height 81 mm
width 30 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt21
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle with leather covered top secured round neck by string for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle with leather covered top secured round neck by string for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle with leather covered top secured round neck by string for strychnine tincture, containing some amber liquid

Measurements:
height 82 mm
width 28 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt22
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, leather covered top secured by string round neck, for strychnine tincture, empty

Measurements:
height 93 mm
width 34 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, seal and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt23
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for turpentine oil

Clear glass bottle for turpentine oil

Clear glass bottle for turpentine oil, glass stoppered containing yellow liquid

Measurements:
height 64 mm
width 33 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt24
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture

Clear glass bottle for strychnine tincture, glass stoppered with leather cover tied at neck by string, empty

Measurements:
height 90 mm
width 34 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt25
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered for colchicum tincture, containing small quantity of liquid

Measurements:
height 84 mm
width 27 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt26
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered with leather cover tied round neck, for sodium chlorate containing white granules

Measurements:
height 77 mm
width 33 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt27
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, cracked and chipped, for camphor oil, glass stopper top, empty

Measurements:
height 84 mm
width 29 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt28
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, intemally stained blue dor diluted hydrochloric acid, glass stoppered, empty

Measurements:
height 80 mm
width 23 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt29
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for sodium chlorate

Clear glass bottle for sodium chlorate

Clear glass bottle for sodium chlorate, stoppered, with leather cover tied by string to neck, full of white granules

Measurements:
height 84 mm
width 29 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt30
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for sodium chlorate stoppered with leather cover tied round neck

Clear glass bottle for sodium chlorate stoppered with leather cover tied round neck

Clear glass bottle for sodium chlorate stoppered with leather cover tied round neck, containing white granules

Measurements:
height 82 mm
width 35 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt31
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle for zinc sulphate

Clear glass bottle for zinc sulphate

Clear glass bottle for zinc sulphate, glass stoppered with leather cover tied by string round neck, containing white crystals

Measurements:
height 82 mm
width 29 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt32
type:
bottles
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and red leather wrapper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Measurements:
height 80 mm
width 38 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt33
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Measurements:
height 114 mm
width 38 mm
thickness 27 mm
Materials:
glass and metal, clip
Object Number:
A656601 Pt34
type:
bottle and opium
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, scratched check pattern on outside corked and metal capped containing phial of glass holding atropine sulphate tablets, about tem in number

Measurements:
height 80 mm
width 23 mm
Materials:
glass , cork , metal, cap and steel, screw
Object Number:
A656601 Pt35
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered, for camphor containing large white opaque crystals

Measurements:
height 111 mm
width 38 mm
thickness 27 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt36
type:
bottles
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Clear glass bottle with glass stopper and red leather wrapper; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 2 ounces of tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Measurements:
height 80 mm
width 38 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt37
type:
bottle and opium
Clear glass bottle stoppered

Clear glass bottle stoppered

Clear glass bottle stoppered, for turpentine oil, leather covered stopper tied down by string round neck, containing oil

Measurements:
height 105 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass, clear , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt38
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered, for compound tincture of cinchona, bottle empty but stained intemally red-brown

Measurements:
height 108 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656601 Pt39
type:
bottles
Brown glass bottle

Brown glass bottle

Brown glass bottle, stoppered, for iodoform containing a bright yellow coloured powder

Measurements:
height 87 mm
width 47 mm
Materials:
glass, brown
Object Number:
A656601 Pt40
type:
bottles
Brown glass bottle for iodoform

Brown glass bottle for iodoform

Brown glass bottle for iodoform, stoppered with leather cover tied by string round neck, containing yellow powder

Measurements:
height 83 mm
width 46 mm
Materials:
glass, brown , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt41
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered, with leather covered top tied by string round neck, containing dark brown liquid

Measurements:
height mm
width mm
Materials:
glass, brown , leather, cover and string
Object Number:
A656601 Pt42
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, stoppered for cinchona tincture, containing a reddish brown tincture

Measurements:
height 101 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A656601 Pt43
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, corked, for aluminium autotartrate liquid containing an opaque yellow liquid

Measurements:
height 110 mm
width 52 mm
Materials:
glass and cork
Object Number:
A656601 Pt44
type:
bottles
Wooden military medicine chest case

Wooden military medicine chest case

Wooden military medicine chest case, rectangular with hinged lid, without content (see other parts for rest), German 1914-1918

Measurements:
height 383 mm
length 470 mm
width 435 mm
Materials:
iron and wood (unidentified)
Object Number:
A656601 Pt45
type:
case

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