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Mahogany medicine chest containing glass bottles and equipment

Medicine chest, mahogany, with 17 glass bottles, 15 labelled, 3 boxes for drugs, glass pestle and mortar, glass measuring cylinder, packet of bandage, safety pin, scales and 10 weights, contents from Glasgow. c1850

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Square glass bottle with glass stopper for 'English Paregoric Elixir' (camphorated tincture of opium), with a small amount of liquid remaining. 52 mm x 33 mm x 30 mm, 49g. Dispensed by Joseph Duncan Chemists, Glasgow, c. 1850.

Bottle of English Paregoric Elixir

1831-1870
Six grain weight, inscribed with six circles and a mark, from wooden medicine chest

Six grain weight

Half scruple weight, inscribed "1/2 SCRUP", from wooden medicine chest

Half scruple weight

Two scruple weight, inscribed "2 SCRUP", from wooden medicine chest

Two scruple weight

Safety pin, from wooden medicine chest

Safety pin for bandage

Three quarter ounce measuring cylinder from wooden medicine chest

Measuring cylinder

Glass pestle, from wooden medicine chest

Glass pestle

Gauze bandage with wrapper, from medicine chest

Gauze bandage with wrapper

Bottle of pepsin essence, transcription illegible in parts, labelled "Copied folio Pepsin Essence… preserve the number in order to again obtain the Prescription if necessary", prepared by J Duncan of Glasgow

Bottle of pepsin essence

Bottle of phenol with camphor/camphor carbolic, labelled 'For external use, J Duncan pharmaceutical chemist, 34 Gibson Street, Hillhead, Glasgow, poison'

Bottle of camphor carbolic

Bottle of potassium bicarbonate powder, Howards Bicarbonate of Potash, Joseph Duncan pharmaceutical chemist, 34 Ashfield Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow

Bottle of potassium bicarbonate powder

Bottle of potassium permanganate crystals

Bottle of potassium permanganate crystals

Empty medicine bottle used for sodium bicarbonate (bicarbonate of soda)

Empty bottle used for sodium bicarbonate

Bottle of phenol solution, labelled "Poison/Carbolic Acid", prepared by J Duncan of Glasgow

Bottle of carbolic acid

Bottle of Chlorate of Potash pills (potassium chlorate) prepared by J Duncan of Glasgow

Bottle of potassium chlorate pills

Medicine chest, mahogany, with contents - 17 glass bottles, 15 labelled, 3 boxes for drugs, glass pestle and mortar, glass measuring cylinder, packet of bandage, safety pin, scales and 10 weights, contents from Glasgow. c1850

Medicine chest containing glass bottles and equipment

1831-1870
Pair of handheld scales, steel beam and brass pans, from wooden medicine chest

Hand-held scales

Bottle of lemon scented eucalyptus oil, label reads "Eucalyptus Oil Citriodora…"

Bottle of eucalyptus oil

Bottle of saccharated calcium hydroxide solution, labelled "saccharated solution of lime", prepared by J Duncan

Bottle of saccharated calcium hydroxide solution

Bottle of cinchona compound tables, labelled "compressed tablets of quinine" prepared by J Duncan pharmaceutical chemist

Bottle of cinchona compound pills

Three grain weight, inscribed with three circles and a mark, from wooden medicine chest

Three grain weight

Five grain weight, inscribed with five circles and a mark, from wooden medicine chest

Five grain weight

One scruple weight, inscribed "1 SCRUP", from wooden medicine chest

One scruple weight

Half drachm weight, inscribed "1/2 DRAM", from wooden medicine chest

Half drachm weight

Two drachm weight, inscribed "2 DRAM", from wooden medicine chest

Two drachm weight

One drachm weight, inscribed "1 DRAM", from wooden medicine chest

One drachm weight

Bottle of concentrated essence of Jamaican ginger, prepared by Joseph Duncan pharmaceutical chemist, 34 Ashfield Terrace, Hillhead, Glasgow

Bottle of ginger essence

Empty medicine bottle from wooden medicine chest

Empty medicine bottle

Bottle of bismuth solution, "Schact's Bismuth" labelled "Liquor Bismuthi Schact"

Bottle of bismuth solution

Empty medicine bottle from wooden medicine chest

Empty medicine bottle

Four grain weight, inscribed with four circles and a mark, from wooden medicine chest

Four grain weight

Glass mortar, from wooden medicine chest

Glass mortar

Bottle used for cajuput oil, prepared by J Duncan of Glasgow

Bottle of cajaput oil

Box of boracic acid lint, hinged with ring handle on top

Box used for boracic acid lint

Bottle of rhubarb compound and Dr Gregory's Stomach Powder, prepared by Joseph Duncan from Duncan Flockhard & Co. Edinburgh, inscribed "Dr Gregory's Stomachic Powder"

Bottle of rhubarb compound and Dr Gregory's Stomach Powder

Empty box used for ginger, hinged with ring handle on top, printed label "Ginger"

Box used for powdered ginger

Box of boracic acid crystals, hinged with ring handle on top, prepared by J Duncan of Glasgow

Box of boracic acid crystals