| Descriptor in English: | Medicine Chests |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Botiquin |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Caixas de Remédio |
| Descriptor in French: | Armoires à pharmacie |
| Entry term(s): |
Chest, Medicine Chests, Medicine Medicine Chest |
| Tree number(s): |
E07.546 |
| Scope note: | 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. |
| Annotation: | do not confuse with the modern medicine cabinet: read MeSH definition; may be used for doctor's bags; often in hist contexts so check hist tags; DF: MED CHESTS |
| Allowable Qualifiers: |
AE adverse effects CL classification EC economics ES ethics HI history MI microbiology PS parasitology SD supply & distribution SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary VI virology |
| History Note: | 96 |
| DeCS UI: | 32694 |
| Descriptor UI: | D019026 |
| Date Established: | 1996/01/01 |
| Date of Entry: | 1995/06/08 |
| Revision Date: | 2004/07/28 |
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ANALYTICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUES, AND EQUIPMENT
Equipment and Supplies [E07]Equipment and Supplies
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Medicine Chests
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| Concept UI |
M0028404 |
| Scope note | 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. |
| Preferred term | Medicine Chests |
| Entry term(s) |
Chest, Medicine Chests, Medicine Medicine Chest |
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