Bottle of Friars' balsam
Square glass bottle with stopper and contents, with handwritten label with words Friars' Balsam, no maker marked
Medicine chest, with hinged lid and sides, with preparations by various chemists, and dental key, England, 1801-1900
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A642404
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Measurements:
-
overall: 560 mm x 515 mm x 560 mm,
- type:
- medicine chest
Parts
Bottle of potassium bicarbonate
Circular glass bottle with with stopper and contents with printed label, 'Bicarbonate of potash from T Morson & Son, Operative Chemists, 124 Southampton Row, Russell Square'
Ipecacuanha lozenges
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with printed label 'Ipecacuanha lozenges, Civil Service Co-Operative Society, 28, Haymarket, London, S.W., Henry Nest, Chemist and Druggist'
Waxed leather
1 sheet of waxed leather
Medicine bottle
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents, no label or maker marked
- Measurements:
-
overall: 140 mm x 64 mm
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt6
Bottle of salicylic acid
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with printed label 'Salicylic acid, Civil Service Co-Operative Society, 28, Haymarket, London, S.W., Henry Nest, Chemist and Druggist'
Bottle of calcium carbonate
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with handwritten label 'Prepared chalk'
Bottle of unidentified medical preparation
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with no label and no maker marked
Bottle of unidentified medical preparation
Circular glass bottle with stopper and contents with no label and no maker marked
Empty medicine bottle
Empty circular glass bottle with stopper, no label and no maker marked
- Measurements:
-
overall: 115 mm 29 mm,
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt14
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of potassium bicarbonate
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with handwritten label 'Bicarbonate of potass.', no maker marked
- Measurements:
-
overall: 560 mm x 515 mm x 560 mm,
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt15
- type:
- bicarbonate of potassium
Medicine bottle
Empty circular glass bottle with stopper, words '1 oz' moulded in base, no label or maker marked
- Measurements:
-
overall: 79 mm 38 mm,
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt19
- type:
- bottle
Bottle of oxymel squills
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with printed label, 'John Young Pharmaceutical Chemist, Oxymel Squills, 20 High Street, Newport'
Bottle of oxalic acid crystals
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with handwritten label, 'Oxalic acid', no maker marked
Bottle of camphorated spirit
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with handwritten label, 'Camphorated spirit', no maker marked
Bottle of cayenne lozenges
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with handwritten label, 'Cayenne lozenges', no maker marked
Bottle of potassium chlorate crystals
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper, with handwritten label 'Chlorate of Potash', no maker marked
Bottle of compound camphor liniment
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents with handwritten label 'Compound camphor liniment', no maker marked
- Measurements:
-
overall: 139 mm x 62 mm
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt30
Bottle of Laudanum
Glass bottle with glass stopper (broken) approximately one quater full of Laudanum (opium tincture). 120 mm x 62 mm x 64 mm, 483g. Unknown maker, English, 1801-1900.
- Measurements:
-
overall: 120 mm x 62 mm x 64 mm, 483g
- Materials:
- complete , glass and opium tincture
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt32
Drawer for spermaceti and sugar candy
Wooden drawer with printed label 'Spermaceti & sugar candy' with contents in paper bag, with bag labelled W Bainbridge, 408 Strand, London
Wooden drawer for magnesium carbonate
Wooden drawer with sliding lid with printed label 'Magnesia alba'
Drawer for heartburn lozenges
Wooden drawer with sliding lid with printed label 'Heartburn lozenges'
Ointment pot for petroleum cerate
Pottery ointment pot with lid, with printed label 'Petroleum cerate, prepared by James Epps, 170 Piccadilly, W, 112, Great Russell Street, W.C., 48 Threadneedle Street, City, 398 Euson Road, NW, with pot base impressed with 'Maw 1 1/2'
- Measurements:
-
overall: 38 mm 65 mm,
- Materials:
- pottery
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt40
- type:
- ointment pot
Ointment pot for petroleum cerate
Pottery ointment pot with lid, with printed label 'Petroleum cerate, prepared by James Epps, 170 Piccadilly, W, 112, Great Russell Street, W.C., 48 Threadneedle Street, City, 398 Euson Road, NW, with pot base impressed with 'Maw 1 1/2'
- Measurements:
-
overall: 38 mm 65 mm,
- Materials:
- pottery
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt42
- type:
- petroleum cerate and ointment pot
Drawer for stick liquorice
Wooden drawer with sliding lid with printed label 'Stick liquorice'
- Measurements:
-
overall: 560 mm x 515 mm x 560 mm,
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt44
- type:
- stick liquorice
Drawer for carraway seeds and marshmellow preparation
Wooden drawer with sliding lid with printed label 'Carraway seeds' and front printed label 'Pate de Guimauve, Civil Service Co-operative Society (Limited), 28 Haymarket, London, S.W., Henry Nest, Chemist and Druggist'
- Measurements:
-
overall: 147 mm
- Materials:
- wood
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt46
- type:
- carraway seeds and marshmellow preparation
Bottle of silver nitrate pellets
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents, with printed label 'Nitrate of silver', no maker marked
Bottle of concentrated spirit of Mindererus
Glass bottle with stopper and contents, with handwritten label 'Sp. of Mindererus Conc: One part to seven of water. Full dose one tablespoonful', no maker marked
Bottle of Paregoric Elixir
Glass bottle with glass stopper approximately one quater full of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium). 110 mm x 50 mm x 50 mm, 275g. Dispensed by J. Young Pharmaceutical Chemist, Newport, Welsh, 1801-1900.
Bottle of unidentified medical preparation
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents, with no label and no maker marked
Bottle of unidentified medical preparation
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and trace contents, with no label, no maker marked
Bottle of antimonial wine
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents, with printed label 'Antimonial wine, J Young Pharmaceutical Chemist, 20 High Street, Newport'
- Measurements:
-
overall: 560 mm x 515 mm x 560 mm,
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt53
- type:
- antimonial wine
Bottle of ammonium acetate
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents, with handwritten label, 'Mindererus' spirit', no maker marked
Bottle of Morson's cough lozenges
Rectangular glass bottle with stopper and contents, with printed label, 'Morson's cough lozenges', with lozenges impressed with 'Morson & Son'
Drawer for powder of bark
Empty wooden drawer with sliding lid with printed label 'Powder of Bark'
Drawer for bruised bark
Empty wooden drawer with sliding lid with printed label 'Bruised Bark'
Wooden drawer for chamomile flowers
Empty wooden drawer with printed label 'Chamomile flowers'
- Measurements:
-
overall: 560 mm x 515 mm x 560 mm,
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt61
- type:
- chamomile flowers
Packet of milk of sulphur
Packet with contents with handwritten label 'Milk of sulphur'
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt63
- type:
- milk of sulphur and packet
Packet of senna leaves
Packet with contents with printed label 'Senna Leaves, Thomas Jones, Chemist, Bridgend'
- Measurements:
-
overall: 560 mm x 515 mm x 560 mm,
- Materials:
- paper and materia medica
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt64
- type:
- senna leaves
Lozenges
Unidentified lozenges
medicine chests
Blue wrapped and piece of white cotton
- Measurements:
-
overall: 560 mm x 515 mm x 560 mm,
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt68
- type:
- medicine chests
Medicine chest
Double sided wooden medicine chest with key hole, with lid compartment with 2 shallow compartments, plus 12 spaces for bottles, with the middle lifting out to give access below, with each side consisting of a hinged door with hook closing, racks and drawers, no maker marked
- Measurements:
-
overall (closed): 560 mm x 385 mm x 515 mm,
- Materials:
- chest, wood and chest, brass
- Object Number:
- A642404 Pt69
- type:
- medicine chests
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