Bottle of tartaric acid
Bottle of tartaric acid
- Measurements:
-
height 152 mm
length 46 mm
width 44 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt1
- type:
- bottle
Medicine chest
- Made:
- 1821-1840
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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 26 glass bottles, 22 labelled, 4 boxes of ointments, 1 pill tile, scales, 8 weights, prescription, plaster spreader and list of chest contents, British, c1830
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A23825
- Materials:
- chest, mahogany, lining, velvet, lid, lining, felt, compartment and handle, brass
- Measurements:
-
height 258 mm
length 250 mm
width 225 mm
- type:
- medicine chests
Parts
Bottle of stomachic powder
Bottle of stomachic powder
- Measurements:
-
height 148 mm
length 47 mm
width 45 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt2
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of unidentified drug
Bottle of unidentified drug
- Measurements:
-
height 140 mm
length 46 mm
width 44 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt3
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of cold drawn castor oil
Bottle of cold drawn castor oil
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 48 mm
width 47 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt4
- type:
- bottle
Glass bottle fo paregoric elixir
Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 109 mm x 47 mm x 46 mm, 287 g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830
Bottle used for ginger
Bottle used for ginger
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 47 mm
width 46 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt6
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for sweet spirit of nitre
Bottle used for sweet spirit of nitre, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 38 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt7
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for sulphuric ether
Bottle used for sulphuric ether, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 109 mm
length 38 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass , stopper, glass and wrapping, leather
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt8
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for essence of peppermint
Bottle used for essence of peppermint, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 38 mm
width 29 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt9
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle used for unidentified drug, empty
- Measurements:
-
height 108 mm
length 39 mm
width 28 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt10
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn
Bottle of spirit of hartshorn
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 38 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt11
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of camphor
Bottle of camphor
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 38 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt12
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of powdered jalap
Bottle of powdered jalap
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 38 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt13
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for antimonial wine
Bottle used for antimonial wine
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 38 mm
width 32 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt14
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle used for unidentified drug
- Measurements:
-
height 112 mm
length 37 mm
width 29 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt15
- type:
- bottle
Bottle used for unidentified drug
Bottle used for unidentified drug
- Measurements:
-
height 106 mm
length 39 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt16
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of opodeldoc
Bottle of opodeldoc
- Measurements:
-
height 110 mm
length 38 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt17
- type:
- bottle
One ounce measuring cylinder with lip
One ounce measuring cylinder with lip
- Measurements:
-
height 102 mm
with lip: diameter 44 mm
- Materials:
- glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt18
- type:
- measuring cylinder
Bottle of antimonial powder
Bottle of antimonial powder
- Measurements:
-
height 63 mm
length 31 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt19
- type:
- bottle
Glass bottle of Dover's Powder
Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 65 mm x 31 mm x 31 mm, 100g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830.
bottle; controlled drug; opium
Small, square based glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper. Paper label around bottle. Containing powdered opium. Powder has solidified over time. This small bottle may have come from a travelling medicine chest.
- Measurements:
-
height 62 mm
length 31 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt21
Bottle of caustic
Bottle of Caustic, either potassium or sodium hydroxide, label illegible
- Measurements:
-
height 63 mm
length 31 mm
width 31 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt22
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of unidentified drug
Bottle of unidentified drug
- Measurements:
-
height 63 mm
length 31 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt23
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of tartar emetic
Bottle of tartar emetic
- Measurements:
-
height 63 mm
length 31 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt24
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of quinine
Bottle of quinine
- Measurements:
-
height 62 mm
length 31 mm
width 30 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt25
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
Bottle of ipecacuanha powder
- Measurements:
-
height 63 mm
length 31 mm
width 29 mm
- Materials:
- bottle, glass and stopper, glass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt26
- type:
- bottle
Box of basilican ointment
Box of basilican ointment
- Measurements:
-
height 56 mm
length 40 mm
width 38 mm
- Materials:
- iron, tinplate
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt27
- type:
- box
Box of spermaceti ointment
Box of spermaceti ointment
- Measurements:
-
height 56 mm
length 40 mm
width 38 mm
- Materials:
- iron, tinplate
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt28
- type:
- box
Box of blistering ointment
Box of blistering ointment
- Measurements:
-
height 56 mm
length 40 mm
width 38 mm
- Materials:
- iron, tinplate
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt29
- type:
- box
Box of Healing ointment
Box of Healing ointment
- Measurements:
-
height 56 mm
length 40 mm
width 38 mm
- Materials:
- iron, tinplate
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt30
- type:
- box
Pill tile
Pill tile
- Measurements:
-
length 128 mm
width 87 mm
- Materials:
- pottery, ceramic
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt31
- type:
- pill tile
Hand held scales
Hand held scales
- Measurements:
-
length 123 mm
diameter 56 mm
- Materials:
- beam, steel , pans, brass and knife, steel
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt32
- type:
- scales
Half ounce weight
Half ounce weight
- Measurements:
-
height 5 mm
diameter 23 mm
ounce: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- metal, brass
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt34
- type:
- weight
One drachm weight
One drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
length 12 mm
width 12 mm
drachm: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt36
- type:
- weight
Half drachm weight
Half drachm weight
- Measurements:
-
length 11 mm
width 10 mm
drachm: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt37
- type:
- weight
Two scruple weight
Two scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
length 12 mm
width 11 mm
scruples: weight 2 kg
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt38
- type:
- weight
Half scruple weight
Half scruple weight
- Measurements:
-
length 8 mm
width 7 mm
scruple: weight 1 kg
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt39
- type:
- weight
List of contents of box
List of contents of box
- Measurements:
-
length 328 mm
width 116 mm
- Materials:
- paper
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt41
- type:
- instructions
Handwritten prescription
Handwritten prescription
- Measurements:
-
length 168 mm
width 122 mm
- Materials:
- paper
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt42
- type:
- prescription
Plaster spreader
Plaster spreader
- Measurements:
-
length 202 mm
blade: width 21 mm
- Materials:
- blade, steel and handle, wood
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt43
- type:
- plaster spreader
Two pieces of wood
Two pieces of wood
- Measurements:
-
length 228 mm
width 4 mm
length 120 mm
width 6 mm
- Materials:
- wood, mahogany
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt44
- type:
- wood
Medicine chest
Medicine chest, mahogany case (without contents see other parts), British, c1830
- Measurements:
-
height 258 mm
length 250 mm
width 225 mm
- Materials:
- brass (copper, zinc alloy) , felt , mahogany (wood) and velvet
- Object Number:
- A23825 Pt45
- type:
- case
