`Tabloid' medicine chest

`Tabloid' medicine chest

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`Tabloid' medicine chest, leather, in poor condition, made by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1924

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A700029
Materials:
leather and metal
Measurements:
approx: height 160 mm
length 260 mm
width 120 mm
type:
medicine chest

Parts

11 glass phials with cork stoppers, containing `Tabloid' medicines, see inscription for contents, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1924

11 glass phials with cork stoppers

11 glass phials with cork stoppers, containing `Tabloid' medicines, see inscription for contents, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1924

Measurements:
height 100 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A700029 Pt1
type:
phials
7 glass phials with cork stoppers, empty, used for `Tabloid' medicines prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

7 glass phials with cork stoppers

7 glass phials with cork stoppers, empty, used for `Tabloid' medicines prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Measurements:
height 100 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A700029 Pt2
type:
phials
Phial with cork stopper containing reside of `Soloid' corrosive sublimate prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Phial with cork stopper containing reside of `Soloid' corrosive sublimate prepared by Burroughs

Phial with cork stopper containing reside of `Soloid' corrosive sublimate prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Measurements:
height 100 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A700029 Pt3
type:
phials
Phial with cork stopper containing potassium permanganate tablets, `Soloid' brand, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Phial with cork stopper containing potassium permanganate tablets

Phial with cork stopper containing potassium permanganate tablets, `Soloid' brand, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Measurements:
height 100 mm
diameter 16 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A700029 Pt4
type:
phials
6 bottles with cork stoppers containing `Tabloid' medicines, for contents see inscription, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

6 bottles with cork stoppers containing `Tabloid' medicines

6 bottles with cork stoppers containing `Tabloid' medicines, for contents see inscription, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Measurements:
with stopper: height 110 mm
diameter 24 mm
Materials:
glass , stopper, cork and cover, leather
Object Number:
A700029 Pt5
type:
bottles
Bottle with cork stopper, broken and empty, used for `Soloid' brand boric acid, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Bottle with cork stopper

Bottle with cork stopper, broken and empty, used for `Soloid' brand boric acid, prepared by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Measurements:
with stopper: height 110 mm
diameter 24 mm
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A700029 Pt6
type:
bottles
Glass bottle, broken, with cork stopper, used for Tabloid brand aromatic chalk tablets with opium, with traces remaining. 110 mm x 24 mm diameter, 17 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Bottle for aromatic chalk with opium

Glass bottle, broken, with cork stopper, used for Tabloid brand aromatic chalk tablets with opium, with traces remaining. 110 mm x 24 mm diameter, 17 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Measurements:
with stopper: height 110 mm
diameter 24 mm
17g
Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A700029 Pt7
type:
bottle and opium
Medicine measure, glass, made by S.S. Co., 1906-1924

Medicine measure

Medicine measure, glass, made by S.S. Co., 1906-1924

Measurements:
height 83 mm
diameter 17 mm
Materials:
glass
Object Number:
A700029 Pt8
type:
medicine measures
Glass phial with cork stopper for Tabloid brand Lead with opium tablets, with traces remaining. 110 mm x 15 mm, 13g. Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, 1906-1924.

Glass phial for Lead with opium

Glass phial with cork stopper for Tabloid brand Lead with opium tablets, with traces remaining. 110 mm x 15 mm, 13g. Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, 1906-1924.

Measurements:
overall: 110 mm 15 mm, 13g
Materials:
cork , opium , lead , glass and trace
Object Number:
A700029 Pt9
type:
phial and opium
Glass bottle with chamois covering on cork of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets (opium and quinine). 110 mm x 22 mm, 45 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924.

Bottle of Warburg Tincture tablets

Glass bottle with chamois covering on cork of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets (opium and quinine). 110 mm x 22 mm, 45 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924.

Measurements:
overall: 110 mm 22 mm, 45g
Materials:
opium , quinine , glass , cork , chamois and complete
Object Number:
A700029 Pt10
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of pottasium nitrate

Bottle of pottasium nitrate

Bottle of pottasium nitrate

Object Number:
A700029/11
type:
bottle