
Medicine chest owned by Edward Jenner
- Made:
- 1750-1830




Medicine chest with a few contents, including various preparations, medicine glass and mortar and pestle, belonged to Jenner, c. 1780. Wooden medicine chest with hinged door at the front of the chest, opening to reveal seven drawers and a shelf, and a hinged lid at the top, opening to reveal a compartment with four square recesses or depressions to contain medicine bottles.
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Jenner’s Medicine ChestDetails
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A642790/15
- Measurements:
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overall: 320 mm x 220 mm x 260 mm,
- type:
- medicine chest
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust