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Wooden handle with one flat side and one curved side. No carvings. No label.

Elliptical, cog-like metal head with wooden handle. No label.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A Johnston. The drawing is of one of a pair of sculptures by Caius Gabriel Cibber made for the gate of Bethlem Hospital and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

A small cylindrical medicine vial with screw top lid labelled ‘Tonsillitis’. The vial is filled with a number of greyish pills that, according to the label, contain: Tr. Aconite 1-5 gtt., Tr. Belladonna 1-10 gtt., Tr. Bryonia 1-10 gtt., and Red…

Tincture of Myrrh, labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Ti Myrrh’. Myrrh is a resin extracted from commiphora habessinica, here combined with liquid to make an infusion. Tinctures of myrrh were used as astringents and…

Tincture of English Crocus, labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Tin Croc:Anglic’.

English crocus was used alongside rhubarb as an effective eighteenth- and nineteenth-century laxative, but English crocus powder could…

Tincture of Castoreum, labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Ti Castor:R’.

Castoreum, a red-brown secretion from beaver inguinal sacs. The term ‘castor’ is the Latin word for beaver and is used to describe the castor…

Tincture of Cantharides, labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘Ti Canth’.

Cantharidin (Cantharides, Cantharis, Cantharid) refers to substances produced by the Lytta (formerly Cantharis) Vesicatoria beetle (Spanish Fly;…

Metal, rectangular blade tapered into a point, wooden handle, kitchen knife. Stamp on blade reads 'Taylor's celebrated eye witness, Sheffield'. No label.

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