Military medicine chest

Made:: 1870-1918 in France

Military medicine chest, rectangular, metal fittings, drop front, four drawers in bottom, hinged lid, containing 13 unlabelled glass bottles, 2 broken, 8 tin cannisters, all empty, and 11 spare paper labels, French, 1870-1918. Acquired in Paris for Henry Wellcome by his agent Dr. Peter Johnston-Saint.

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A658111

Materials:: wood and fittings, metal

Measurements:: height 275 mm
length 648 mm
width 340 mm

type:: medicine chests

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Military medicine chest, rectangular, metal fittings, drop front, four drawers in bottom, hinged lid, containing 13 unlabelled glass bottles, 2 broken, 8 tin cannisters, all empty, and 11 spare paper labels, French, 1870-1918. Acquired in Paris for Henry Wellcome by his agent Dr. Peter Johnston-Saint.

Military medicine chest

Military medicine chest, rectangular, metal fittings, drop front, four drawers in bottom, hinged lid, containing 13 unlabelled glass bottles, 2 broken, 8 tin cannisters, all empty, and 11 spare paper labels, French, 1870-1918. Acquired in Paris for Henry Wellcome by his agent Dr. Peter Johnston-Saint.

Measurements:: height 275 mm
length 648 mm
width 340 mm

Materials:: metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: A658111/1

type:: medicine chests

Military medicine chest, rectangular, metal fittings, drop front, four drawers in bottom, hinged lid, containing 13 unlabelled glass bottles, 2 broken, 8 tin cannisters, all empty, and 11 spare paper labels, French, 1870-1918. Acquired in Paris for Henry Wellcome by his agent Dr. Peter Johnston-Saint.

Military medicine chest

Military medicine chest, rectangular, metal fittings, drop front, four drawers in bottom, hinged lid, containing 13 unlabelled glass bottles, 2 broken, 8 tin cannisters, all empty, and 11 spare paper labels, French, 1870-1918. Acquired in Paris for Henry Wellcome by his agent Dr. Peter Johnston-Saint.

Measurements:: height 275 mm
length 648 mm
width 340 mm

Materials:: metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)

Object Number:: A658111/2

type:: medicine chests