Medications kit

Maker
Burroughs Wellcome & Co
Date
Circa 1880-1889
Description
Black leather fold-out case containing nine small glass bottles and tubes, from a set of ten. The tubes and bottles are sealed with cork stoppers; the two exceptions are sealed with a rubber stopper and metal screw-on lid respectively. This travelling pharmaceutical set was manufactured by Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. at their original Snow Hill buildings in London. Five of the original bottles remain in the set This pharmaceutical case belonged to Dr. Archibald Macdonald. Apart for the bottle of digitalus tablets, the containers are empty.
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Object detail

Maker

Burroughs Wellcome & Co

Other Maker

0 - Whole

Date

Circa 1880-1889

Medium

powders, tablets, glass, cork, rubber, paper, ink and leather

Measurements

7.3 x 1.9 cm (each bottle, average)

Accession Number

MHM03964

Credit line

Gift of AMA Victoria, 2011

Inscriptions

maker's mark ▫ stamped in gilt inside: 'BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO./MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS/SNOW HILL, LONDON. E.C.' ▫ case cover
name/inscriptions ▫ printed labels ▫ bottles

Object Type

equipment
pharmacology/medication
packaging

Named Collection

AMA Victoria

Medical History Museum Category

Pharmaceutical History

Museum

Medical History Museum