Case, Medicine

Object Name:

Case, Medicine

Object ID:

1993.039.14.07

Date:

1920-1949

Description:

Medicine case, doctor's traveling.
Leather case holding 13 pill bottles in loop holders (3 additional empty slots).
1. Case. Leather. Black. Two snap front closure. Black vinyl loops for pill bottles, 8 loops on each side. Stamped on interior bottom, "422-16". (NHMS 1)
Pill Bottles (2-14). Each glass with black celluloid cap, empty, 3.5" high, 0.9" diameter:
2. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "SODA / MINT".
3. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "BENADRYL / 50mgm".
4. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "PHENO / BARB / gR 1 1/2".
5. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "NEMBUTAL / gR 1 1/2".
6. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "SODIUM / AMYTAL / gR iii".
7. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "EPHEDRINE / AND / AMYTAL".
8. (no label)
9. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "S-DIAZINE".
10. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "S-SUYCIDINE".
11. Adhesive tape label, hand written, illegible.
12. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "TRI-SULPHA".
13. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "ASA / CPD."
14. Adhesive tape label, hand written, "CASCARA / _____".

Material:

Glass
Composition
Leather
Metal

Dimensions:

H-4 W-2.5 L-9.5 inches

Provenance:

From the object collection of the New Hampshire Medical Society, including medicine bottles, doctor's kits, and other medical equipment used in New Hampshire, 18th through 20th century.

Credit Line:

Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society

Subjects:

Medical equipment & supplies, Pharmacists, Pills, Medicine