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A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Gelsemium, 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 James M.P.S…

This bottle is empty.

As well as its use in food recipes, ginger was used extensively in medicines for millennia and became well-known in England as early as the 11th century. The famous herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper advised to use the root for…

Curved metal blade. Has '939' written on the blade. No label.

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Hepar Sulphris, 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 James…

Unidentified solid, hammer-like head with leather and string wrapped handle. No label.

This wooden medicine chest contains homeopathic remedies. There are three rows of nine spaces containing small glass medicine bottles with cork stoppers. It was presented to the College by Mr and Mrs Eric Davidson.

Huxham’s Tincture Bark, prepared by Duncan, Flockhart & Company. Devised by Dr John Huxham (c.1692-1768) to treat fevers, Huxham’s Tincture contained cinchona bark, orange peel, serpentary root, saffron, cochineal and alcohol. Huxham’s original…

Infusion of Crocus Mettalorum, labelled by Sir Stuart Threipland in his medicine chest as ‘In. Croc: Metal’.

Crocus Mettalorum (Crocus of Antimony; Liver of Antimony) was a strong purgative used to induce vomiting. An infusion of crocus…

Small glass bottle with glass stopper containing a small amount of rust-brown residue, probably from some sort of powder. The same residue, just darker, can also be seen around the neck.

Small glass bottle with glass stopper, lined heavily with a rust-brown, powder-like residue.