Medicine Chests

Boxes in which physicians kept their drugs and other medications, medical instruments and supplies, manuals, etc. As a carrying case or convenient storage receptacle, or a kind of portable pharmacy, the medicine chest was indispensable to the itinerant physician. The chest was usually larger and sturdier than a doctor's kit or bag.

Year introduced: 1996

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Tree Number(s): E07.546

MeSH Unique ID: D019026

Entry Terms:

• Chest, Medicine
• Chests, Medicine
• Medicine Chest

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Equipment and Supplies
Medicine Chests