| Description Of Item | A label on this medicine chest states: 'Dr John Boswell medicine chest. He was my great grandfather, W Roxburgh, 1877.' William Roxburgh (1751-1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. It has been said that he lived for a time during his early career with the family of Dr John Boswell. Perhaps William Roxburgh (1751-1815) is the father of this W Roxburgh of 1877.
The chest has two drawers, the top drawer contains bottles with stoppers, the bottom drawer contains weights. |