Folding rosewood medicine chest with mother of pearl inlay and silver handle made in England. Some damage to wood & inlay. Includes key. Chest contains large glass stoppered bottles (some with contents), mother of pearl balance, brass weights, graduate, funnel, mortar & pestle, and miscellaneous instruments.
Portable medicine chest, Philadelphia, Lentz & Sons, Co. Comes in leather case with shoulder strap. Filled with empty pharmacy jars (no content, no labels).
Pages 318-319 of Practical Points in Nursing for Nurses in Private Practice (1896) which holds recipes for gruel and beef broth/stocks to feed to the sick or invalid.