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Copy of pocket medicine chest, original from Pompeii
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Copy of pocket medicine chest, original from Pompeii, 4 compartments, brass, rod of Asclepius (Greek: Asklepios; Latin: Aesculapius) on lid, 1901-1950.
The brass medicine chest has four separate compartments which would each have contained a different medical treatment. On the lid, the rod of Asclepius has been engraved, consisting of a snake entwined around a rod or staff. This is a symbol of medicine, associated with the Greek and Roman healing god.
This is a copy of an original found at Pompeii in Italy. The original is at the Naples Museum in Italy.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A622299
- Materials:
- brass
- Measurements:
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overall: 26 mm x 155 mm x 64 mm, .21kg
- type:
- medicine chest
