Mahogany medicine chest, 1831-1870

Made:: 1831-1870

Medicine chest, mahogany, with 21 glass bottles (15 labelled)

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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 21 glass bottles (15 labelled)
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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 21 glass bottles (15 labelled), 4 cardboard boxes, glass measuring cylinder, pestle and mortar, quill brush, labels for drug bottles with dosage etc., 2 sets of scales, weights, probably English, 1831-1870

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A630176

Materials:: chest, mahogany, lining, velvet and handle, lock, brass

type:: medicine chest

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Parts

Bottle for Opium Linctus

Glass bottle with glass stopper for Opium Linctus (Lict. Opii), with trace contents remaining. 120 mm x 42 mm x 30 mm, 135g. Unknown maker, English, c1850.

Measurements:: overall: 120 mm x 42 mm x 30 mm, 135g

Materials:: glass , opium tincture and trace

Object Number:: A630176 Pt13

type:: bottle and opium

Bottle for Chlorodyne

Square glass bottle with glass stopper for Chlorodyne (morphine and chloroform), with trace contents remaining. 73 mm x 35 mm x 30 mm, 82g. Unknown maker, English, c1850.