Black leather pocket dispensary belonging to Sir James Paget

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.

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Parts

Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper for quinine powder

Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper for quinine powder

Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper for quinine powder, with contents, John Bell, preparer

Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656896 Pt1
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper, as part 1 but for bismuth carbonate, with content

Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656896 Pt2
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper

Clear glass bottle with cut glass stopper, as part 1 but with leather cover and for rhubarb powder, with content

Materials:
glass, clear and leather, cover
Object Number:
A656896 Pt3
type:
bottles
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
Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle

Clear glass bottle, as part 4, but for colocynth, henbane, and blue pill, with content

Object Number:
A656896 Pt5
type:
bottles
Clear glass bottle with leather covered cut glass stopper for zinc sulphate crystals

Clear glass bottle with leather covered cut glass stopper for zinc sulphate crystals

Clear glass bottle with leather covered cut glass stopper for zinc sulphate crystals, with content

Materials:
glass, clear and leather, cover
Object Number:
A656896 Pt6
type:
bottles
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
Small clear glass bottle

Small clear glass bottle

Small clear glass bottle, as part 8 but for calomel powder, with content

Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656896 Pt9
type:
bottles
Small clear glass bottle

Small clear glass bottle

Small clear glass bottle, as part 8 but for antimony potassium tartrate powder, with content

Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656896 Pt10
type:
bottles
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
Strip of black india rubber plaster

Strip of black india rubber plaster

Strip of black india rubber plaster, contained inside paper envelope

Materials:
rubber, india , paper and envelope
Object Number:
A656896 Pt12
type:
plaster
Pieces of canvas backed lint dressing in paper covering with piece of felt at front

Pieces of canvas backed lint dressing in paper covering with piece of felt at front

Pieces of canvas backed lint dressing in paper covering with piece of felt at front

Materials:
lint , canvas , paper and felt
Object Number:
A656896 Pt13
type:
dressings
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
Black leather pocket dispensary case

Black leather pocket dispensary case

Black leather pocket dispensary case, without contents (see other parts for rest), by John Bell, 338 Oxford Street, London, England, 1840-1880.

Materials:
leather , cardboard, stiffening and lining, paper
Object Number:
A656896 Pt15
type:
case