Medicine chest

Made:
1831-1870
Medicine chest, mohogany, with 18 glass bottles

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Medicine chest, mohogany, with 18 glass bottles
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Medicine chest, mohogany, with 18 glass bottles, 17 labelled from suppliers in Edinburgh, glass pill tile, 2 boxes of ointment, glass pestle and mortar, 2 packets of drugs, litmus paper, 1 box with 6 weights and 12 other weights, Scottish, c1850

Parts

bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 2 ounces of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A23861 Pt9
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of paregoric elixir

Bottle of paregoric elixir

Rectangular glass bottle used for paregoric elixir, with trace contents remaining. 103 mm x 33 mm x 23 mm. Chemists label reads, 'ROBERTSON/PAREGORIC ELIXIR/35, GEORGE STREET EDINBURGH/ CHEMIST/DRUGGIST'. Dispensed by Robertson chemists, Edinburgh, 1831-1870.

Materials:
trace , glass and opium
Object Number:
A23861 Pt10
type:
bottle and opium
Phial for 'Solution of Muriale of Morphia'

Phial for 'Solution of Muriale of Morphia'

Glass phial with cork stopper used for Muriate of morphia (morphine), with trace contents remaining. 85 mm x 20 mm diameter. Handwritten label reads, 'Solution of/Muriate of Morphia/Poison'. Probably Scottish, 1831-1850.

Measurements:
overall: 85 mm 20 mm,
Materials:
glass , cork , morphine hydrochloride and trace
Object Number:
A23861 Pt21
type:
bottle and morphine