Wooden chest containing glass phials of tablets

Made:
1900-1918 in Germany

Wooden chest made to hold 50 stoppered glass phials of tablets, containing 41 phials and some loose tablets. Chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm, phial: 100 mm x 15 mm diameter. Substances within phials include phenazone, quinine, aspirin, mercury, ipecacuanha, and opium. Unknown maker, for military use, German, 1900-1918.

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A654445
Materials:
pine (wood), brass (copper, zinc alloy), complete, opium, mercury, aspirin, quinine and ipecacuanha
Measurements:
chest: 125 mm x 235 mm x 125 mm,
phial: 100 mm 15 mm,
type:
container and opium
credit:
Wellcome Trust