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Mahogany medicine chest, 1831-1900

Mahogany medicine chest with front opening, drawer containing glass pill tile, palette knife, 24 bottles of medication, 14 labelled jar of ointment, 18 phials of medication, 9 labelled, a few bottles and phials now empty, either English, or assembled in Calcutta, India, 1831-1900

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Small glass bottle with chamois covering full of Lead and Opium pills. 45 mm x 20 mm diameter, 13 g. Label reads, 'R. Scott Thompson and Co./ Medical Hall Calcutta/ LEAD AND OPIUM PILLS/ Use.- In mild cases of diarrhoea and dysentery./ Dose.- One every 3 hours, til purging abates.' Dispensed by R. Scott Thompson and Co., Calcutta, India, 1831-1900.

Small bottle of Lead and Opium pills

1831-1900
Round glass bottle with croken cork stopper for Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), with traces of contents remaining. 95 mm x 25 mm diameter, 30g. Dispensed by Smith, Stanistreet and Co, Calcutta, India, 1831-1900.

Bottle for Paregoric Elixir

1831-1900