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The bust depicting Sir Andrew Douglas MacLagan can be found outside the Sibbald Library. There are detailed records detailing how the College came into possession of this bust in 1914. In a letter to the RCPE Dr Robert Craig MacLagan wrote that:

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This plaster bust of Tuke wearing contemporary dress was sculpted by John Hutchison.

The council minutes from 28 October 1913 record that ‘The Treasurer was directed to accept the offer’ of both Tuke’s bust and ‘an engraving of Darwin’…

This bust is the work of Mark McCue and was presented to the college by the Al Hammadi Hospital, Riyadh, on 10 January 1997. This bust can be seen at the centre of the College’s Sir Robert Sibbald Physic Garden.

This work represents one of the…

The Council minutes of 13 December 1859 record that the members had discussed purchasing a bust of Alison for the College. A sub-committee was consequently established, comprising the President and three other members, who were to inspect ‘an…

The College possesses three plaster busts of Hippocrates, two of which are identical, having probably been cast from the same original bust. The first of these identical busts is displayed in the Great Hall, whilst the second is located in the…

The two plaster busts of Harvey, found in the Great Hall and the Sibbald Library, both appear to depict Harvey in his academic robes, worn over a coat or waistcoat. The pieces are identical as both are copies or casts taken of Peter Scheemakers…

A cylindrical bottle with a wooden stopper containing Calcarea Carbonica, 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 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…

This bottle contains white powder.

The most prominent use for camphorated chalk was as a tooth powder. Chalk was often used in early dentifrices and camphor would have been added for its antiseptic properties. Tooth powders could be made by…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed C Gow.