Medicine chest

Made:
1850-1860
Medicine chest, mahogany, hinged lid and drop front

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Medicine chest, mahogany, hinged lid and drop front
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Medicine chest, mahogany, hinged lid and drop front, 10 labelled glass bottles from R. Rouse of Wigmore Street, 2 plasters in cases, one case of gold beaters skin, pot of ointment, confection glass, cotton wool, gauze and a spatula, c1860

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Bottle of Rouse's Chlorodyne

Bottle of Rouse's Chlorodyne

Glass bottle with ground glass stopper full of Rouse's Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform tincture). 109 mm x 32 mm x 26 mm, 123g. Prepared by Rouse & Co., Wigmore Street, London, c. 1860.

Measurements:
overall: 109 mm x 32 mm x 26 mm, 123g
Materials:
glass , complete , chloroform and morphine
Object Number:
A23916 Pt5
type:
bottle and morphine
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Small clear glass, rectangle based bottle with glass stopper, chamois leather cover and paper dispensers label. To contain Laudanum, or Tincture of Opium. Contents appear to be complete

Materials:
bottle, glass , stopper, glass and covering, chamois
Object Number:
A23916 Pt17
type:
bottle and opium