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Medicine chest, tryptich front, supplied by Wright of Liverpool, with interesting contents including 21 glass bottles (18 labelled) and 2 labelled packets with six suppliers, 1800-1850
Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with trace contents remaining. 105 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 140g. Dispensed by John Ellison, Liverpool, English, c1830.
Round glass bottle with paper-covered cork stopper half-full of opium powder. 105 mm x 25 mm diameter, 63g. Dispensed by R.G. Wright, Liverpool, c1830.
Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder (opium and ipecacuanha).62 mm x 35 mm x 27 mm, 63g. Unknown maker, English, c1830.
Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Laudanum (opium tincture), with trace contents remaining. 105 mm x 40 mm x 40 mm, 150g. Unknown maker, English, c1830.
