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Trocar, steel, with silver cannula and ivory handle

Trocar, steel, with silver cannula and ivory handle

1801-1900

Amulet consisting of two pigs teeth sealed in chamois bag trimmed with silk

Amulet consisting of two pigs teeth sealed in chamois bag trimmed with silk

1860-1915

Hydrometer, France, 1810-1820

Hydrometer, France, 1810-1820

1810-1820

Enema syringe, ivory

Enema syringe, ivory

1801-1900

Glass flask

Glass flask

Chamois leather protective cover, European, 1890-1940

Chamois leather protective cover, European, 1890-1940

1890-1940

Rounded glass bottle with glass stopper and pink-chamois covering containing Dr. J. Collis Browne's patented Chlorodyne (morphine, chloroform and cannabis). Label reads, 'Dr. J. Collis Browne's/ CHLORODYNE/ An Invaluable Remedy in Consumption, Asthma, Bronchitis/ Croup, Fever, Neuralgia, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cholera, &c.' Dispensed by J.T. Davenport, English, 1850-1890.

Bottle of J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

1850-1890

Square glass dispensing bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering, full of Aromatic Confection Powder (contains opium). 108 mm x 36 mm x 37 mm. Unknown maker, English, after 1849.

Bottle of Aromatic Confection Powder

1849-1915

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Tabloid brand Paregoric pills (Camphorated Tincture of Opium). 110 mm x 15 mm diameter, 25 g. By Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1890.

Phial of Paregoric tablets

1890

Folding camera for 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 inches plates. Fitted with an Aldis Uno anastigmat lens F: 7.5 inches f/7.7-45. Lukos III shutter 1/2/5/10/25/50/100/B/T. Lens and shutter on 2 point bayonet mount. Large reflecting rotating brilliant finder with missing level. Screw rising front, sliding cross front. Rack and pinion focusing, double extension. Ground glass focusing screen cross front. NO. D.10508.

Klimax Plate Camera

1912

Square glass bottle with chamois-covered stopper full of 'Brown Compound Mixture' tablets (opium, benzoic acid, camphor, antimony, anise and ammonia chloride). 95 mm x 44 mm x 50 mm, 209g. Ferris & Co. Ltd , English, 1893-1900.

Bottle of Brown Mixture Compound tablets

1893-1900

Square glass bottle with chamois covering containing a small quanitity of Dover's Powder. 62 mm x 32 mm x 32 mm, 70 g. Unknown maker, English, 1860-1900.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1860-1900

Small glass bottle with chamois covering full of Lead and Opium pills. 45 mm x 20 mm diameter, 13 g. Label reads, 'R. Scott Thompson and Co./ Medical Hall Calcutta/ LEAD AND OPIUM PILLS/ Use.- In mild cases of diarrhoea and dysentery./ Dose.- One every 3 hours, til purging abates.' Dispensed by R. Scott Thompson and Co., Calcutta, India, 1831-1900.

Small bottle of Lead and Opium pills

1831-1900

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering full of Collis-Browne's Chlorodyne. 87 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 71g. Dispensed by Williams and Elvey Chemists, London, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

1801-1900

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering full of Laudanum (opium tincture). 87 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 62g. Dispensed by Williams and Elvey Chemists, London, nineteenth century.

Bottle of Laudanum

1801-1900

A bottle of 'Syrup of Poppies' with trace residues remaining, unsigned, England, 1870

Bottle of 'Syrup of Poppies' with trace residues remaining

1870

Small square glass bottle with chamois covering full of Dover's Powder. 40 mm x 28 mm x 22 mm, 31 g. Produced by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, c. 1870.

Small glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1870

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering full of Codeine and Glycerine jelly.113 mm x 56 mm diameter, 303 g. Produced Savory and Moore Ltd., English

Glass bottle of Codeine and Glycerine Jelly

Veterinary medicine chest, oak, with main storage compartment in three sections and a drawer, formerly the property of the Hawkins family, Staunton Court, nr. Gloucester, with various contents of the medicine chest including instruments, glassware, ointment jars, paper packets of medicine, and other medical preparations. The top drawer of the chest contains glass medicine bottles, mostly with glass stoppers. Some of the bottles are empty, although some still contain medical preparations. Other substances present in the glassware include antimony, digitalis, tobacco, ipecacuanha powder, ammonium hydrochloride, strychnine (in a green glass poison bottle), and calomel (mercury chloride). The removable bottom shelf contains metal ointment pots, and various medicines in paper packets, including aresnic. Unknown maker, English, c. 1870.

Veterinary medicine chest

circa 1860

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering (detached), of 1 gr. opium tablets, dispensed by Grant & Donald Chemists, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1850-1870. The bottle is from Dr. John Grigor’s (medical practitioner) medicine chest, Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland.

Bottle, for opium tablets, belonging to Dr. Grigor, Nairn, Scotland

1850-1870

Bottle of mercury, enclosed in stitched chamois jacket, for rheumatism, Horsham, Sussex, English, 1860-1894

Bottle of mercury

1860-1894

Main part of Newman and Guardia special B camera and film holder said to have been used by Herbert Ponting on Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910.

Main part of Newman and Guardia special B camera and film holder

1910

Large glass bottle with chamois-covered cork stopper containing Aromatic Confection (opium and chalk powder). 130 mm x 45 mm x 45 mm, 289g. Dispensed by H.B. Brady Pharmaceutical Chemists, English, late nineteenth century.

Bottle of Aromatic Confection

1861-1900

Narrow glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering full of opium powder. 73 mm x 20 mm x 20 mm, 36g. Unknown maker, English, c. 1860.

Bottle of powdered opium

1800-1880

Cupping glasses, 2, one with proper cover, one with glove as cover

Cupping glasses

Cupping glasses, 9, 2 with oval mouths, and 1 cover

Cupping glasses

Cupping glass, with chamois cover

Cupping glass

Cupping glasses, 2, for use with scarificator, one with cover

Cupping glasses

Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering containing "Tabloid" brand Dover Powder compressed tablets (ipecacuanha and opium). 78 mm x 20 mm diameter, 26 g. Handwritten inscription reads, ' Chill...Feverish'. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1895-1947.

Glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering containing "Tabloid" brand Dover Powder compressed tablets. 78 mm x 20 mm diameter

1895-1947

Rectangular glass bottle with cork stopper and chamois covering half-full of Dover's Powder. 73 mm x 28 mm x 23 mm, 63g. Produced by Savory and Moore, dispensed by T.J. Orton, Leamington, British, mid-nineteenth century.

Glass bottle of Dover's powder

1831-1870

Slender glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois cover full of Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium). 123 mm x 30 mm x 42 mm, 216 g. Dispensed by Fletcher & Palme, English, 1880-1914.

Glass bottle of Paregoric Elixir

1880-1914

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Tabloid brand Paregoric tablets (camphorated tincture of opium), min. 15. 110 mm x 15 mm, 22 g. By Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, early twentieth century.

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Tabloid brand Paregoric tablets 110 mm x 15 mm

1910-1925

Guetta percha square black bottle with chamois covering on lid containing Tabloid brand Aromatic Chalk powder with opium tablets. 117 mm x 37 mm x 38 mm, 132g. Manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome & Co., London, early twentieth century.

Square guetta percha bottle of Aromatic Chalk Powder with Opium

1900-1920

Glass phial with cork stopper and chamois covering of Dover Powder tablets (Ipecacuanha and Opium). 110 mm x 20 mm diameter, 53g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1910-1925.

Glass phial with kid covering of 'Tabloid' brand Aromatic Dover's Powder tablets, 110 mm x 20 mm diameter

1910-1925

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering half-full of Tincture of Squill. 122 mm x 42 mm x 30 mm, 165 g. Dispensed by Squire Chemists, Oxford Street, London, c. 1850.

Glass bottle of Tincture of Squill

1840-1860

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering of Dover's Powder (ipecacuanha and opium). 40 mm x 27 mm x 19 mm, 34g. Dispensed by the Army and Navy Co-operative Society Ltd, London, c. 1880.

Glass bottle with glass stopper and chamois covering of Dover's Powder. 40 mm x 27 mm x 19 mm

1875-1885

Tall rectangular glass bottle with chamois covering full of Dover's Powder. 108 mm x 32 mm x 25 mm, 130 g. Dispensed by Squire Chemists, London, 1840-1860.

Glass bottle of Dover's Powder

1840-1860

Glass bottle with chamois covering on cork of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture tablets (opium and quinine). 110 mm x 22 mm, 45 g. Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1924.

Bottle of Warburg Tincture tablets

1906-1924

Glass pot with leather chamois covering containing aromatic confection powder (contains opium). 41 mm x 47 mm diameter, 65 g. Unknown maker, c. 1840.

Glass pot of aromatic confection

1810-1850

Glass bottle with chamois covering over stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 80 mm x 35 mm x 50 mm, 151g. Unknown maker, English, 1801-1880.

Bottle of Paregoric Elixir

1801-1880

Glass bottle of 'Aromatic Confection' with a chamois covering on the stopper. 105 mm x 30 mm, 120g. Handwritten label reads, 'Aromatic Confection/Dose 10 to 20 grains'. Probably English, 1830-1860

Bottle of aromatic confection

1830-1860

Narrow rectangular bottle with chamois over stopper containing Paregoric Elixir (camphorated tincture of opium), half-full. 85 mm x 30 mm x 17 mm, 52 g. Unknown maker, English, 19th century.

Bottle of paregoric elixir

1801-1900

Small clear glass bottle with chamois covering on stopper full of 'Laudano Liquido del Sydenham' (Sydenham's laudanum or opium tincture). 70 mm x 23 mm diameter, 38g. Prepared by Fratelli Zanelli, Bologna, Gorga collection, Italian, 1851-1910.

Small bottle of Laudano Liquido

1851-1910

British Transport Commission Hotels electric kettle, round with three feet and wooden handle, in a chamois bag. Electric socket. Overall: 240 mm x 220 mm 186 mm.

Electric kettle

Pads, 2, to polish coverslips

Pads, 2

Seven cupping glasses and 3 covers

Seven cupping glasses and 3 covers

Cupping glass and 3 chamois covers

Cupping glass and 3 chamois covers

Cupping glasses, 6, with 5 chamois covers

Cupping glasses

Cupping glasses, 5, with 4 covers

Cupping glasses

7 cupping glasses, with 4 covers

7 cupping glasses