Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and

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Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and
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Rectangular leather medicine chest lined with leatherette and velvet, contains 17 glass bottles, scales, weights and measuring cylinder, plasters and lint, by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., J. T. Needs, 100 New Bond Street and S. Maw, Son & Thompson, 7-12 Aldersgate Street, London, England, 1801-1900.

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bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Rectangle based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and leather covering and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:
glass and kid
Object Number:
A657831 Pt4
type:
bottle and opium
Small glass bottle of Dover's powder

Small glass bottle of Dover's powder

Small circular bottle with aluminium coated cork stopper and ivory lid containing Dover's Powder. 44 mm x 18 mm diameter, 12 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Materials:
glass , cork , ivory , opium , ipecac and complete
Object Number:
A657831 Pt16
type:
bottle and opium