Múzeumi műtárgyvédelem 16., 1987 (Központi Múzeumi Igazgatóság)
Történeti, ipartörténeti emlékek restaurálásáról - Újszászy Ágnes: 19. század eleji fa patikaláda és gyógyszergyűjtemény restaurálása
In the course of time the chest was stored both in wet and dry environment as my be concluded from the warping of the wood, the corroded state of the metal mountings and metal boxes as well as the traces of mould in the bottom drawer and on the paper lining it. By the time restoration started the chest had cracked which confirms that -quite wrongly - it was transferred from under humid conditions to a rather dry place. In the course of restoration the author first took the object to pieces and removed dirt by mechanical means. The missing parts of the sides were completed from cherry wood. For sticking Uverapid epoxy resin was used. The warped top was steamed and dried to shape and its surface was covered by cherry wood veneer. The drawers were disinfected by an alcoholic solution (1:20) of boric acid (H 3BO3). The parts damaged by insects were impregnated by a 2% solution of Paraloid B 72 in acetone. The joints of the boards were fixed by glue. After having treated the wooden parts the body of the chest was reassembled and the mountings, which were treated by a 10% solution of sodium-gluconate and phosphoric acid containing an inhibitor, were fitted. In the medicine chest there were three tin-plated iron boxes whose internal shaping was different. Their condition varied depending on what substances were stored in them. Three quarters of the bottom of one of the boxes was lost through corrosion. For the cleaning of the metal boxes a 10 per cent solution of Komplexon was used. Locally RO 55 an containing an inhibitor phosphoric acid was applied as a cleaning and passivating agent. Minor gaps were joined by tin. Inside the box which was deteriorated most the damaged three sides and the bottom were provided with a new tin-lined box. The metal boxes were coated by a 5% solution of Paraloid B 72 dissolved in acetone. The labelled drugs found in the medicine chest were cleaned by mechanical means, washed with alcohol and disinfected, and finally consolidated by a 3% solution of Paraloid B 72 in acetone. The labels, whish were mouldy and damaged by insects, were cleaned by rubber and washed with Evatriol. They were 265
