Browse Artefacts (885 total)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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;…

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 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…