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Pocket medicine chest, copy, brass, original Roman one in Naples Museum
The brass medicine chest has four separate compartments, each would contain a different medical treatment. The original may have been used by someone who travelled a lot or who was a physician. The original is at the Naples Museum in Italy.
Details
- Category:
- Classical & Medieval Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A155225
- Materials:
- brass
- Measurements:
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overall: 27 mm x 116 mm x 70 mm, .22kg
- type:
- medicine chest
- credit:
- Sommer, G.
