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Blunt metal head on medium length wooden handle. Label in pieces but date of 13th July can be identified, no other information.

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This medicine chest was used by Dr Stuart Threipland to treat patients during the 1745 Jacobite rising, including at the Battle of Culloden, led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart. It is in a good state of preservation and holds a comprehensive range of…

A label on this medicine chest states: ' Dr John Boswell medicine chest. He was my great grandfather, W Roxburgh, 1877.' William Roxburgh (1751-1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist. It has been said that he lived for a time during his early…

Made of wood and brass. Contains glass bottles for medicine dispensed by a pharmacist on Princes Street, Edinburgh.

Medicine chest made from wood. The top chest section contains three rows of glass bottles. The back row has three large bottles, the middle row has four medium sized glass bottles and the front row has five small glass bottles. There is a drawer…

Medicine chest made from wood. The top chest section contains three rows of glass bottles. The back row has four large bottles, the middle row has five medium sized bottles and the front row has seven small bottles. There is also a drawer section to…

Leatherette case of small cylindrical glass bottles with metal caps. Embossed silver lettering states: 'Seven Highest Awards for Superiority Worlds Columbian Exposition, H K Mulford Company, Philadelphia.'

This mahogany cane is simple in its design, and features a wooden head. Its appearance is smooth and glossed with slight flecking, with the small silver label inscribed 'Matthew Holmes 1903'. The cane is very heavy and measures 93 cm.

It is…

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- Two matching medicine chests. These two chests each consist of a chest of drawers and a wooden cabinet placed on top the chest of drawers. These were possibly part of the materia medica display held in the College during…