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Mahogany medicine chest, England, 1801-1900
The mahogany medicine chest contains boxes, bottles and tubes of medications to treat a number of conditions. The chest includes treatments to purge the body by vomiting (emetics), by sweating (diaphoretics), as well as general purgatives such as rhubarb, jalap and calomel. Other medications include pain relief, such as opium plus astringents and stimulants, including ginger and lavender. The ches…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- balance
- medicine chest
- pill tile
- spatula
- astringent
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Subject
- balance
- medicine chest
- pill tile
- spatula
- astringent
Providing institution
Aggregator
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights
- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0057102
Identifier
- L0057102
- Science Museum A23808
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Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:46:41.258Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:46:41.258Z