Rectangular medicine chest, containing 34 labelled glass drug bottles, 2 spoons, pestle and mortar, tumbler, bandages, and a balance with weights in a case

Made:
1870-1901

Rectangular medicine chest with front opening drawer, containing 34 labelled glass drug bottles, 2 spoons, a pestle and mortar, a tumbler, some bandages and a balance with weights in a case, drugs by Savory and Moore, English, 1870-1901

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A78496
Materials:
chest, mahogany, lining, felt, lid and handles, iron
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Barker, G.A.

Parts

Bottle of Diarrhoea Powder

Bottle of Diarrhoea Powder

Square glass dispensing bottle of 'Diarrhoea Powder'. 125 mm x 46 mm x 46 mm, 204g. Due to the fact that opium was a commonly used remedy for diarrhea, it is likely this bottle contains this drug. Handwritten notes on chemists label reads, 'SAVORY & MOORE,/ Chemists to the Queen and H.R.H. the Prince of Wales,/ DIARRHEOA POWDER/ One teaspoonful after each/liquid motion, in water, with/ a few drop...

Measurements:
overall: 125 mm x 46 mm x 46 mm, 204g
Materials:
glass , kid leather , opium and string
Object Number:
A78496 Pt16
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of Chlorodyne

Bottle of Chlorodyne

Rectangular glass bottle with glass stopper and kid covering of Chlorodyne (Tincture of Chloroform and Morphine), half-full. 123 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm, 141 g. Produced by Savory & Moore, London, 1870-1901.

Materials:
half-full , glass , kid , morphine , chloroform and cannabis
Object Number:
A78496 Pt17
type:
bottle and morphine
Bottle of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum

Bottle of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum

Square glass bottle with chamois covering on stopper of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum(opium tincture), bottle full. 132 mm x 44 mm x 44 mm, 272 g. Yellow chemists label reads, 'FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION/THE LINIMENT/From Savory & Moore/...... /of Chloroform/ with Laudanum./....' Savory & Moore, English, 1870-1901.

Materials:
complete , glass , chamois , opium and chloroform
Object Number:
A78496 Pt21
type:
bottle , opium and chloroform
Circle based brown glass bottle with glass stopper and leather covering, for laudanum

Circle based brown glass bottle with glass stopper and leather covering, for laudanum

Circle based brown 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:
A78496 Pt31
type:
bottle and opium