Medicine box

Content Type

Image

Date of Original Material

Victorian period.

Era

19th century CE

Description

The box is a medicine box used by the siddha practitioner when he visted his/her patients at home. This box of Victorian style is composed of 23 parts, among them one is for receiving a manuscript.

Extent and Format of Original Material

Size of the box : 45cm x 30cm x10cm. The bow is in excellent state.
The file contains three images.

System of Arrangement

Not relevant

Collection Name

Contributor

R. Vijaykumar (Owner of the original material)

Location of Original Material

R. Vijaykumar, Kattathurai, Kannniyakumari district.

Custodial History

The medicine box of R. Vijaykumar belonged to his father, Ramakrishnan Nadar, who inherited it from his grandfather.

Series Name

Item [R. Vijaykumar Collection]

Series Number

Series 2 : RVKumar_KK

Level

File

EAP Project Number

EAP 810

Reference

EAP810-11-2-1

Extent of Digital Material

3 TIFF images; size of the file : 93,6 Mb.

Date Modified

2016-07-30

Key

eap810_000376

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Cite as

Medicine box, in Digital Collections, Institut Français de Pondichéry, Manuscripts of Siddha Medicine, consulted on June, 9th 2025, https://ifp.inist.fr/s/manuscripts/item/369696