Leather covered medicine chest or case

Made:
1851-1900

Leather covered medicine chest or case, brass lock hinged lid, hinged velvet liner with bandage inside lid, compartments for bottles, 30 in all (one bottle missing), removable tray containing phial, tablet box etc., bottles labelled and holding various drugs, English, 1851-1900

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A656883
Materials:
wood, leather, velvet and lock, brass
type:
medicine chests
credit:
Yearsley, M.

Parts

Bottle of 'Regepyrin' and Opium tablets

Bottle of 'Regepyrin' and Opium tablets

Clear glass bottle for "Regepyrin" (antipyrine)and Pulv. Opii. (opium) tablets with cork stopper. 103 mm x 41 mm x 30 mm, 59 g. Handwritten notes on the bottle indicates it was re-used a number fo times, most recently for a mixture of 'Antipyrine' and 'Pulv. Opii' tablets. Boots The Chemists, English, 1890-1920.

Materials:
half full , glass , cork , wood , opium and phenazone
Object Number:
A656883 Pt6
type:
bottle and opium
bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

bottle; controlled drug; cocaine

Glass bottle, colourless, rectangle based with cork stopper, topped with wooden cap, and paper label. To contain approximately 2 ounces of cocaine hydrochloride PB (1898). Only a small amount of crystals remain

Materials:
glass, clear , cork and wood
Object Number:
A656883 Pt8
type:
bottle and cocaine
Bottle of Febricula laxative tablets

Bottle of Febricula laxative tablets

Brown glass bottle of chocolate-coated Febricula (laxative) tablets. Printed label reads, '100/ Chocolate-Coated/ Tablets/ NO. 197/ FEBRICULA/ (Cold, Laxative)/ Quinine Hydrobromide../Ipecacuahna and Opium.../Aloin../Calomel.../Powdered Capsicum.../Tincture of Aconite...' Parke, Davis and Co., London, preparer, 1900-1930.

Materials:
glass , cork , opium , quinine , ipecac , calomel and full
Object Number:
A656883 Pt11
type:
bottle and opium
Bottle of barbituric powder

Bottle of barbituric powder

Clear glass bottle for choidum diethyl barbituric powder (barbital) with glass stopper. 98 mm x 37 mm, 109 g. Handwritten label reads, 'Acidum/Diethyl/barbituric/Poison'. Unknown maker, English, 1851-1900.

Materials:
half-full , glass and barbital
Object Number:
A656883 Pt16
type:
bottle and barbital
bottle; controlled drug; morphine

bottle; controlled drug; morphine

Clear glass square based bottle, with glass stopper, and paper label. Originally to contain approximately 2 ounces of solution of morphine hydrochloride. Contents evaporated, though some crystals remain.

Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656883 Pt18
type:
bottle and morphine
Bottle, with glass stopper, containing tincture of cannabis indica

Bottle, with glass stopper, containing tincture of cannabis indica

Glass bottle, colourless, rectangle-based with glass stopper, and white and red paper label. To contain tincture of cannabis indica, of which some remains. Label states 'H.Meynell M.P.S., Family and Dispensing Chemist, The Pharmacy, Tenterden. From and Moore, Chemists to the King.'

Materials:
glass, clear
Object Number:
A656883 Pt21
type:
bottle and cannabis