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A small cylindrical medicine vial with screw top lid labelled ‘Acetanilid Comp. No. 2.’, containing a number of white pills. The label states that these pills contain: Acetanilid 7-10 gr., Caffeine Citrated 1-10 gr., and Sodium Bicarb 1-5 gr.…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Aconitum Napellus, prepared by a homeopathic chemist Joseph James, Promenade Place, Cheltenham, who had worked for Arthur Guinness M.D. and undertook the company and changed the name to Joseph…

Anodyne Balsam (Balsam Anodyn, balsamum anodynum), labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Bal Anodyn’. A preparation of soft soap, opium powder, camphor, oil of rosemary and rectified spirits. Anodyne Balsam was applied…

A small cylindrical medicine vial with screw top lid; the label appears to read ‘Anti-constipation’ but there is a small tear running through the title, to the middle right of the bottle (standing vertically). The vial is filled with a large…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Arnica Montana, prepared by a homeopathic chemist Joseph James, Promenade Place, Cheltenham, was apprenticed to a homeopathic chemist called Edwin Wheeler and within a few years bought Mr…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Arsenicum Album, prepared by a homeopathic chemist Joseph James, Promenade Place, Cheltenham, was apprenticed to a homeopathic chemist called Edwin Wheeler and within a few years bought Mr…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Calcarea Carbonica, prepared by a homeopathic chemist Joseph James, Promenade Place, Cheltenham, who had worked for Arthur Guinness M.D. and undertook the company and changed the name to Joseph…

A small cylindrical medicine vial with a handwritten label that reads ‘Calomel [gtt.?]’, containing a small amount of off-white powder.

Calomel, or mercuric chloride, is a rare naturally occurring mineral introduced as medicine in the year…

This bottle contains white powder.

The most prominent use for camphorated chalk was as a tooth powder. Chalk was often used in early dentifrices and camphor would have been added for its antiseptic properties. Tooth powders could be made by…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Carbo Vegetabilis prepared by a homeopathic chemist Joseph James, Promenade Place, Cheltenham, was apprenticed to a homeopathic chemist called Edwin Wheeler and within a few years bought Mr…