Black leather pocket dispensary belonging to Sir James Paget

Made:
1840-1880 in London
Black leather pocket dispensary belonging to Sir James Paget

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Black leather pocket dispensary belonging to Sir James Paget
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Black leather pocket dispensary belonging to Sir James Paget, Surgeon, containing 10 labelled glass bottles, sticks of opium confection, an envelope containing plaster, lint dressings etc., made by John Bell, 338 Oxford Street, London, England, 1840-1880.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656896
Materials:
leather, cardboard, stiffening and lining, paper
type:
pocket dispensaries
credit:
Paget, Stephen

Parts

bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Glass, bottle with cork and wooden topped stopper and paper label to contain pills of opium and calomel (mercury subchloride).

Materials:
glass, clear , cork and wood, stopper
Object Number:
A656896 Pt4
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

Small clear glass bottle with cut-glass stopper. leather cap and paper label. Containing a 10% solution of cocaine hydrochloride. Bottle contains some contents.

Materials:
glass, clear and leather, cover
Object Number:
A656896 Pt7
type:
bottle and cocaine
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Small clear glass, circle-based bottle with glass stopper containing an unspecified quantity of powdered opium.

Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656896 Pt8
type:
bottle and opium
Seven paper wrappers each containing a stick of confection of opium (20 grains each)

Seven paper wrappers each containing a stick of confection of opium (20 grains each)

Seven paper wrappers each containing a stick of confection of opium (20 grains each). Opium has an analgesic action and a narcotic action which is due to its morphine content. Opium acts less rapidly than morphine since it is more slowly absorbed. wrapper has been opened, the remaining 6 appear to be in the original sealed state.

Materials:
paper
Object Number:
A656896 Pt11
type:
sample and opium
Small glass bottle of 'Black Drop'

Small glass bottle of 'Black Drop'

Small glass bottle with glass stopper full of 'Black Drop' with POISON printed in red. 38 mm x 18 mm diameter, 9g. Dispensed by John Bell and Co., London, 1840-1880.

Measurements:
overall: 38 mm 18 mm, 9g
Materials:
glass , opium tincture and complete
Object Number:
A656896 Pt14
type:
bottle and opium