Medicine chest

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Wooden chest with brass handle on top and hinged doors, which are fitted with racks for bottles. In centre racks for four bottles above five drawers with ivory knobs. Drawer underneath, containing powered medicines wrapped in paper. Also twelve medicine bottles, one ink bottle, syringe, spatula, microscope slides, wooden double measure. Chest lined with green baize.

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Object Details

ID:	TOA0119
Collection:	Lifesaving and medical equipment
Type:	Medicine chest
Display location:	Not on display
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 350 x 290 x 180 mm
Parts:	Medicine chest Bottle (TOA0119.1) Bottle (TOA0119.2) Bottle (TOA0119.3) Bottle (TOA0119.4) Bottle (TOA0119.5) Bottle (TOA0119.6) Bottle (TOA0119.7) Bottle (TOA0119.8) Bottle (TOA0119.9) Bottle (TOA0119.10) Bottle (TOA0119.11) Bottle (TOA0119.12) Bottle (TOA0119.13) Bottle (TOA0119.14) spatula (TOA0119.15) Slide (TOA0119.16) Syringe (TOA0119.17) Spatula (TOA0119.18) Drawer (TOA0119.19) Pipette end? (TOA0119.20) Unidentified item (TOA0119.21) Drawer (TOA0119.22) Drawer (TOA0119.23) Drawer (TOA0119.24) Lid (TOA0119.25) Drawer (TOA0119.26) Drawer (TOA0119.27) Bottle (TOA0119.28) Lid (TOA0119.29)