Browse Artefacts (75 total)

Carbonate of Soda, prepared by Duncan, Flockhart & Company. In the nineteenth-century, sodium carbonate mixed with water was prescribed as an antacid to treat heartburn, indigestion and flatulence. Some physicians additionally prescribed carbonate of…

Carron Oil, sold by A. Robertson, Chemist & Druggist, Markinch; supplied by Duncan, Flockhart & Co., Edinburgh. Carron oil is a soothing liquid blend of linseed oil and limewater that was often prescribed to treat burns and scalds. First developed in…

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

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…

Chloroform Liniment, prepared by Duncan, Flockhart & Co., Chemists to the Queen. Chloroform liniment is a cream or balm mixture of chloroform which was prescribed to relieve muscle pain and alleviate stiffness. In addition to its use as a topical…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Cocculus Indicus, 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 yellow liquid distilled from castor beans, it was believed that cold drawn castor oil, produced by pressing the beans without the use of heat or other chemicals, was of higher quality than regular castor oil. In the nineteenth century, castor oil…

Concentrated Fluid Extract of Senna, prepared by Duncan, Flockhart & Co., Chemists to the Queen. Made from the leaves and fruit of the Senna plant, Senna can be administered in tablets or as a liquid (termed “fluid extract” or “concentrated…

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…

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…