Brass scales with weights, match holder, and prescriptions, undated

Item Info

Title:
Brass scales with weights, match holder, and prescriptions, undated
Date:
unknown
Description:
Wooden box with apothecary weights written on inside of the lid. Twenty-three manuscript prescriptions on small separate pieces of paper.
Format:
Digital Collection:
History of Medicine Artifacts
Source Collection:
History of Medicine artifacts collection, 1550-1980s
Series:
George D. Wilbanks Collection Artifacts, approximately 1750-1952
Provenance:
The History of Medicine artifacts collection were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a transfer in 2011.
Rights:
Free Re-Use
Public Domain
Identifier:
  • hwilba0054
  • ref1049_rsx
  • homartifacts
  • duke:308665
  • homst54054
  • ark:/87924/r4df6kc8c
  • aefdc178-73c9-4360-987a-ca3ebc356f68
Permalink:
https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4df6kc8c
Sponsor:
Adopted by Harsha Murthy T'81 in memory of M.S.N. Murthy, M.D.