Medicine chest

Made:
1821-1840
Medicine chest, mahogany, with 26 glass bottles, 22 labelled

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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 26 glass bottles, 22 labelled
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Medicine chest, mahogany, with 26 glass bottles, 22 labelled, 4 boxes of ointments, 1 pill tile, scales, 8 weights, prescription, plaster spreader and list of chest contents, British, c1830

Parts

Glass bottle fo paregoric elixir

Glass bottle fo paregoric elixir

Square glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), full. 109 mm x 47 mm x 46 mm, 287 g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830

Materials:
glass , paper , opium tincture , camphor and complete
Object Number:
A23825 Pt5
type:
bottle and opium
Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

Square glass bottle with glass stopper full of Dover's Powder. 65 mm x 31 mm x 31 mm, 100g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1830.

Materials:
glass , paper , opium , ipecac and complete
Object Number:
A23825 Pt20
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Small, square based glass bottle with octagonal rim and glass stopper. Paper label around bottle. Containing powdered opium. Powder has solidified over time. This small bottle may have come from a travelling medicine chest.

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A23825 Pt21
type:
bottle and opium