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

This item consists of:

- 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…

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…

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 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.

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…

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…

Metal head with long wooden handle. Label is water damaged making legibility difficult. Identifies the name 'Alexander Strath Dee'.

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

Metal head with two pointed ends and a long wooden handle. Initials J.S. stamped into underside of head and possible patent mark on flat edge of head. Attached label in two pieces but with no discernable information. Two stickers found on handle, one…