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Dover's Powder
A small cylindrical medicine vial filled with light-brown pills, labelled ‘Dover’s Powder Representing 2 ½ grs.’.
Dover’s Powder found popularity as an ‘admirable anodyne diaphoretic’ (Wood, Bache, 1874, p.1368), and was named after…
Dover’s Powder found popularity as an ‘admirable anodyne diaphoretic’ (Wood, Bache, 1874, p.1368), and was named after…
Quinine
A small cylindrical medicine vial with screw top lid, containing brown-black matter. It has a handwritten label titled ‘Quinine [gtt.?]'.
Described by John William Compton in 1880 as a valuable ‘anti-miasmic, anti-septic, anti-phlogistic,…
Described by John William Compton in 1880 as a valuable ‘anti-miasmic, anti-septic, anti-phlogistic,…
Chlorodyne
A small cylindrical medicine vial with screw top lid labelled ‘Chlorodyne’. Inside are a number of dark-brownish pills. Ingredients are listed as: Morphine Mur. 1/6 gr., extract of Cannabis Indica ¼, Nitro Glycerin, 1-300 gr., extract of…
Anti-constipation Medicine
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…
Calomel
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…
Calomel, or mercuric chloride, is a rare naturally occurring mineral introduced as medicine in the year…
Acetanilid Comp. No. 2
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.…
Conserve of roses
Conserve of roses, labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Cons. Ros.’
Preserved roses, usually pounded and mixed with sugar, it was used in both cooking and medicine. As a medicine, it was used for heart and digestive…
Preserved roses, usually pounded and mixed with sugar, it was used in both cooking and medicine. As a medicine, it was used for heart and digestive…
Unlabelled
This bottle is empty.
Unlabelled
This bottle is mostly empty but there are remnants of a dark red powder.
Rectified Spirit of Wine
This bottle is mostly empty but contains some brown staining.
Rectified Spirit of Wine is simply alcohol. It was used as an ingredient in medical recipes as a means of infusion and dilution.
This bottle comes from Neil Reid, druggist.
Rectified Spirit of Wine is simply alcohol. It was used as an ingredient in medical recipes as a means of infusion and dilution.
This bottle comes from Neil Reid, druggist.