Medicine chest

Made:
Unattributed place and London

Medicine chest, winged doors at top of front, large, extensive and interesting contents mostly by James Dodd of London including 63 glass bottles, 39 labelled, 8 confection glasses, 2 cases of ophthalmic gelatine discs, hair brush, 2 sheets of gauze, plaster spreader, spatula, 8 weights, metal funnel, glass rod, metal rod, 3 glass tubes, pottery pestle and mortar, glass measure, glass pipette, 19th century

Parts

bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Rectangular based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and paper label. Bottle to contain approximately 1 ounce of laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex).

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A630143 Pt8
type:
bottle and opium
Glass bottle of Paregoric

Glass bottle of Paregoric

Glass bottle with ground glass stopper of Compound Tincture of Camphor (TR. Camphora Co.), also known as paregoric, quarter-full. 119 mm x 50 mm x 41 mm, 213 g. Dispensed by R.D. Barton, London, 19th century.

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A630143 Pt15
type:
bottle and opium
Blue glass bottle of 'The Drops'

Blue glass bottle of 'The Drops'

6-sided blue glass poison bottle with cork stopper (broken) for 'The Drops' (opium tincture), with trace contents remaining. 86 mm x 31 mm diameter, 47g. Dispensed by James Garner, London, nineteenth century.

Measurements:
overall: 86 mm 31 mm, 47g
Materials:
trace , glass , cork and opium tincture
Object Number:
A630143 Pt29
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; opium

bottle; controlled drug; opium

Square based clear glass bottle with glass stopper and metal clip; transfer printed label. Bottle containing approximately 3 ounces of Laudanum otherwise known as tincture of opium (tinctura opii simplex). Dispensing chemist is Dodd (late Aitkin Dodd) of London.

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, glass
Object Number:
A630143 Pt54
type:
bottle and opium
jar; controlled drug; opium

jar; controlled drug; opium

Glass, circle based confection jar, with metal cap. Jar contains one piece of gum opium. Paper label in jar.

Materials:
whole, glass and lid, brass, silver plate
Object Number:
A630143 Pt64
type:
jar and opium
bottle; controlled drug; morphine

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

Glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label containing morphine and atropine (possibly liquid for injection).

Materials:
bottle, glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A630143 Pt71
type:
bottle and morphine