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Cylindrical wooden carved handle and attached piece of cord. No label

Broad cylindrical end with a narrower carved wooden handle. Label attached but indiscernable.

Cylindrical wooden tube with attached cord. Label reads 'Police Court, Edinburgh, 9th November 1928. The knife sheath with piece of cord attached referred to in the case of James Marr found on bench in workshop at 10 North West Rose Street…

This cane was presented by Mr Craig to the College in 1853. It had originally been owned by Dr William Cullen (1710-1790).

This cane was taken on by the College and treasured as ‘one of the insignia of the Vice-President’.

Gold snake…

The resolution of this image is as it was when deposited with the College. A higher resolution copy is not available.

A small glass bottle with cork stopper labelled ‘Veratrum Album’, filled with a number of white, spherical pills.

A perennial plant native to Europe, growing in ‘wet meadows and swampy places’, veratrum album sports a bitter and acrid…

This bottle is empty.

This bottle is mostly empty but there are remnants of a dark red powder.

This bottle is empty and unlabelled.

This bottle probably contained a substance called ‘Gregory’s Powder’ as evidenced by the pinkish hue of the surviving powder. The powder was named after its inventor Dr James Gregory, a physician in Edinburgh and was used as a laxative. It…