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Collection of prepared medicines and chemicals made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co

1900-1940

Bear's foot

Chinese tea block, 1801-1900

1801-1900

Tetanus serum

Crystals of curare, in glass display box, from Amasonian region, South America

Crystals of curare

2 "Beogex" suppositories, by Pharmax Ltd., Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent, English

2 "Beogex" suppositories

Rectangular glass bottle of rhubarb powder. Labeled as J.J. Sapp dispensing chemist.

Rectangular glass bottle of rhubarb powder. Labeled as J.J. Sapp dispensing chemist

1801-1900
Rectangular glass bottle of calomel and mercurous chloride. Made by G. French, Chatham.

Rectangular glass bottle of calomel and mercurous chloride. Made by G. French

1801-1900
Rectangular glass bottle of powdered borax. Made by Martin Chemist, Bristol.

Rectangular glass bottle of powdered borax. Made by Martin Chemist

1801-1900
Several fragments of an unknown substance, yellowish

Several fragments of an unknown substance

Single strip of rolled bark, cinchona peruviana (Howard), from the Royal Botanical Gardens Collection, Kew, displayed in 1930 Wellcome Exhibition probably collected by J.E. Howard, possibly Peru, 1880-1900

Single strip of rolled bark

1880-1900
2 blue packets of mercury cyanide gauze

2 blue packets of mercury cyanide gauze

Six sticks of cinchona bark, from the Botanic Gardens, Victoria, Cameroon

Six sticks of cinchona bark

Two pieces of bark, Cinchona officinalis (Linn.), from the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, Kew, displayed in 1930 Wellcome exhibition, collected by C. Chantre, provenance unknown, 1877

Two pieces of bark

1877
Single piece of rolled bark, Cinchona succirubra (Pav.), from the Royal Botanic Gardens Collection, Kew, exhibited in 1930 Wellcome Cinchona Exhibition, collected by T.J. Buchanan, from Burma or Java, 1882-1883

Single piece of rolled bark

1882-1883
3 dried lizards, mounted on bamboo, used as a remedy for a variety of ills, Chinese

3 dried lizards

5 pieces of ginseng root, showing 2 different species

5 pieces of ginseng root

Four sticks of cinchona succirubra bark, probably from Peru, collected 1801-1900

Four sticks of cinchona succirubra bark

1801-1900
Specimen of cinchona bark, from Tanganyika, 1924

Specimen of cinchona bark, from Tanganyika, 1924

1924
Collection of approx. 160 pharmaceutical drugs, with some special dietary foods and some surgical dressings, England, twentieth century

Collection of approx. 160 pharmaceutical drugs

2 packets of picric gauze

2 packets of picric gauze

Collection of approx. 160 pharmaceutical drugs, with some special dietary foods and some surgical dressings, England, twentieth century

Collection of approx. 160 pharmaceutical drugs

Collection of approx. 160 pharmaceutical drugs, with some special dietary foods and some surgical dressings, England, twentieth century

Collection of approx. 160 pharmaceutical drugs

2 packets of zinc and mercury cyanide gauze

2 packets of zinc and mercury cyanide gauze

2 pieces of elephant skin, applied to injuries by the Chinese, in an ash form

2 pieces of elephant skin

Bundle of sticks of cinchona bark, probably from Peru, 1801-1900

Bundle of sticks of cinchona bark

1801-1900