Emergency medicine case containing items, tools and medication, including 7 glass vials

Made:
1830-1930

Small emergency medicine case containing items, tools and medication, which lead us to believe that it was caried by someone for use in emergency proceedures. The tools consist of brush, forceps, glass dropping rod and dropper, mustard plaster, silk for dressing wounds, charcoal and cotton wool. The case also contains glass phials of ether, 'acidi phinique pur', ergomatrine, emetic (emitique), atropine pills, potassium chlorate (chlorate de potasse), 'salicylate desoxide'. Also containing numbered LDRPS 1993 819/1-6 of morphine hydrochloride, opium pills, opium, cocaine, laudanum and morphine. 'Salicylate desoxide' powder is wrapped in paper from a French outpatients clinic Paris 1883.

Details

Category:
Emergency Medicine
Object Number:
1993-819
type:
medicine case
credit:
Science Museum

Parts

Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, with a rubber stopper, containing ergotine, from small emergency medicine case, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/7
type:
bottle
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, with a rubber stopper, containing a red liquid, unsigned, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/8
type:
medicine case
Glass bottle

Glass bottle

Glass bottle, with a rubber stopper, previously containing Ether, unsigned, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/9
type:
medicine case
Glass vial with a cork stopper

Glass vial with a cork stopper

Glass vial with a cork stopper, containing an unknown white powder, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/10
type:
medicine case
Glass vial with a cork stopper

Glass vial with a cork stopper

Glass vial with a cork stopper, containing Atropine, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/11
type:
medicine case
Paper envelope

Paper envelope

Paper envelope, containing salicylate de soude, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/12
type:
medicine case
Paper envelope

Paper envelope

Paper envelope, containing chlorate de potasse, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/13
type:
medicine case
Paper envelope

Paper envelope

Paper envelope, containing papier sinapisme, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/14
type:
medicine case
Paper envelope

Paper envelope

Paper envelope, containing Taffetas Anglais, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/15
type:
medicine case
Surgical clamp

Surgical clamp

Surgical clamp, unsigned, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/16
type:
medicine case
Plastic pipette

Plastic pipette

Plastic pipette, with rubber end, unsigned, Paris, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/17
type:
medicine case
Glass rod

Glass rod

Glass rod, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/18
type:
medicine case
Brush fitted to plastic tube

Brush fitted to plastic tube

Brush fitted to plastic tube, unsigned, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/19
type:
medicine case
Emergency medicine case

Emergency medicine case

Emergency medicine case, unsigned, France, 1883

Object Number:
1993-819/20
type:
medicine case