Waring Historical Library Artifact Collection
Sort by: Title Description 1. Sago & Cologne 14.5 x 5.25 x 5.25, 15 x 5.25 x 5.25. Two clear glass bottles one salt top and the other tincture, both with recessed glass labels. 2. Nux Vomica 12.25 x 4.5 x 4.5. Clear glass salt top bottle with adhered glass label reading "Ground Nux Vomica" 3. Powder Folder 4 x 3.5 x 3. Metal object with moveable flaps 4. no preview
Capsule Filler 6.125"x 14.5"x 4.5" Drug Compounding. Copper box with slots for capsules, one metal instrument to push down capsules, and two metal filling attachments. 5. no preview
Croup Lamp 6.5"x3.5"x3.5" Metal, glass 6. Sang. Draconic 6.75 x 4 x 4. 6.75 x 4 x 4 White English creamware container with painted label. 7. Ipecac 6.5 x 2.25 x 2.25. Clear glass salt top bottle with recessed glass label, powder visible inside bottle. 8. Poison Bottle 8.25 x 2.25 x 2. Cobalt blue glass bottle shaped like a coffin with rough edges and a cork stopper. 9. no preview
Pill Coater 4 x 2.25 x 2.25. Footed oval shaped wooden object. 10. TR. Sanguin Bottle Clear glass tincture bottle with glass stopper and glass label adhered to bottle that reads "Tr. Sanguin." 11. no preview
Mortar and Pestle 4.5x6x5.25. 1.75x9x1.75.Drug Compounding:Mortar and pestle.Large brass mortar and pestle. Brass mortar and pestles were used up until the Eighteenth in the compounding of medications until it was found that the containers produced tiny flakes of metal in the prescriptions. The brass was replaced by wedgwood mortars and wooden pestles. 12. Pill Tile 0.25x10x8.Drug Compounding:Pill tile.Ceramic tile with black measurement markings along the side. 13. no preview
Mortar and Pestle 5.25 x 9 x 9, 2.5 x 11 x 2.5 inches. Large Wedgwood mortar and pestle, with a wooden handled pestle. 14. no preview
Pill Roller 2 x 12.75 x 16 inches. Flat bottom wooden piece with brass grooves and a removable sliding wood piece with brass grooves. 15. Pill Tile 0.25 x 10 x 8 inches. Clear glass with a green tint and measurement etchings along the side. 16. no preview
Pocket Hand Scales 1.25 x 6.5 x 3.25. Brass scale with green thread and three weights housed in velvet lined wood case with paper notes attached. 17. no preview
Pocket Hand Scales 1.25 x 6 x 3. Brass scale with green thread and six weights housed in velvet lined case. 18. Chisholm Inhaler .5"x 3.125"x 1.25". Silver
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Mortar and Pestle "10"x 4"x 4" Dark wood mortar with carvings along sides, wood pestle." 20. no preview
Mortar and Pestle 5 x 9.75 x 9.75, 2 x 8 x 2. Stoneware mortar with wood and stone pestle.
