Tube of borofax ointment

PART OF:
Medicine chest used on Scott’s Antarctic Expedition of 1910, England, 1900-1910
Made:
1910 in London

Tube of borofax ointment, by Burroughs Wellcome, English

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A700020 Pt9
Materials:
tube, metal and contents, ointment
Measurements:
length 135 mm
width 39 mm
depth 13 mm
type:
tubes

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