`Tabloid' medicine chest

Made:
1910-1924 in London
`Tabloid' medicine chest, leather, in poor condition

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`Tabloid' medicine chest, leather, in poor condition
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`Tabloid' medicine chest, leather, in poor condition, made by Burroughs, Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1924

Details

Category:
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A700029
Materials:
leather and metal
type:
medicine chest

Parts

Bottle for aromatic chalk with opium

Bottle for aromatic chalk with opium

Glass bottle, broken, with cork stopper, used for Tabloid brand aromatic chalk tablets with opium, with traces remaining. 110 mm x 24 mm diameter, 17 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924

Materials:
glass and stopper, cork
Object Number:
A700029 Pt7
type:
bottle and opium
Glass phial for Lead with opium

Glass phial for Lead with opium

Glass phial with cork stopper for Tabloid brand Lead with opium tablets, with traces remaining. 110 mm x 15 mm, 13g. Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, 1906-1924.

Measurements:
overall: 110 mm 15 mm, 13g
Materials:
cork , opium , lead , glass and trace
Object Number:
A700029 Pt9
type:
phial and opium
Bottle of Warburg Tincture tablets

Bottle of Warburg Tincture tablets

Glass bottle with chamois covering on cork of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets (opium and quinine). 110 mm x 22 mm, 45 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924.

Measurements:
overall: 110 mm 22 mm, 45g
Materials:
opium , quinine , glass , cork , chamois and complete
Object Number:
A700029 Pt10
type:
bottle and opium