Lord Curzon's medicine chest, England, 1910-1925
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LicenseMedicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome, style 221
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1981-1010, Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome
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Medicine chest by Burroughs Wellcome, style 221, supplied to Lord Curzon, c.1920 ( Wellcome ref R.218)
The leather medicine chest was owned by George Nathaniel Curzon (1859-1925), a successful politician and traveller who was also awarded the titles Viceroy of India and Marquess Curzon of Kedleston. It contains a range of drugs, including quinine, aspirin, opium painkillers and laxatives.
The medicine chest was made by Burroughs, Wellcome & Co, who supplied a wide range of medicine chests and first aid kits often to influential people and explorers in a shrewd attempt to promote the product. It is pictured here with another Burroughs, Wellcome & Co chest (1981-1010).
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- 1981-1008
- Measurements:
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overall: 300 mm x 350 mm x 140 mm, 6.55kg
- type:
- medicine chest
- credit:
- On loan from the Wellcome Trust
