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R.T. Gunther's Medicine Chest

Inventory Number 71053


Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Inventory No
71053

Description

Wooden chest with copper alloy handle and bone - or ivory lock plates.

Contains 14 bottles, two bottles empty, one bottle holder empty, scales and weights. Contents of bottles include:

Barium Chloride

Silver Nitrate

Nessler's Ammonia Test

Alcohol, Absolute

Iron Chloride

Ammonium Chloride

Ammonium Sulphide

Ammonium Hydrate

Chloroform

Citric Acid

Magnesium Sulphate

Yellow Basilicon