Items Tagged Pharmacy

Pill Silverer

ACCESSION NUMBER: 009027004 a-b Object Name: Pill Silverer Manufacturer: Unknown Date Made: early 19th century MeSH Code: Medical Subject Headings Pharmacy-Instrumentation ARTEFACT DESCRIPTION Medicinal pills were first coated with sugars and honeys in the 9th century, to mask repulsive odours … Continue reading

Pill machine

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1980.18.120 a-b Object Name: Pill machine Maker: Unknown Date Made: 1800-1899 MeSH Code: Medical Subject Headings Drug Compounding; Drug Compounding — instrumentation ARTEFACT DESCRIPTION Before mass-production began in the nineteenth centuries and even into the beginning of the … Continue reading

Medicine chest

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1954.3.1 Object Name: Medicine chest Maker: Unknown Date Made: Circa 1834 Country of Origin: Scotland and United States of America MeSH Code: Medical Subject Headings Drug Storage — instrumentation; House Calls; Drug Case; Drug Packagaing — container – … Continue reading