THIS IS AN ORIGINAL CIVIL WAR MEDICAL APOTHECARY CASE AND CONTENTS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY FOUND IN MAINE. IT IS IN WORN USED AS FOUND CONDITION WITH SOME OF THE BOTTLES STILL FULL. DURING THE WAR DOCTORS WOULD GIVE THE SOLDIERS MERCURY AND OTHER BARBARIC SUBSTANCES THAT WOULD MAKE THEM SICK TO PURGE THE BODY OF DISEASE AND SICKNESS. CUTTING EDGE MEDICINE FOR THAT PERIOD BUT THEY ENDED UP KILLING MORE THAN THEY HELPED. THE CASE IS SOMEWHAT TATTERED WITH SOME BOTTLES MISSING AND SEVERAL STILL HAVE POWDERED AND LIQUID MEDS STILL INTACT. IT HAS SOME SMALL NUMBERS ON THE SIDE WHICH COULD BE A MUSEUM INVENTORY NUMBER. GOOD AUTHENTIC ANTIQUE APOTHECARY KIT FROM THE CIVIL WAR.
