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Cardboard box

1920-1950

Kiil kidney dialysis apparatus, England, 1980-1982

1980-1982

Voke pressurised nicotine inhaler, with cellophane packaging, the first ‘cigarette like’ nicotine delivery system to gain a medicine’s licence from The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), made by Kind Consumer Ltd, London, England, 2017.

Nicotine Inhaler

2017

Brown paper wrapping with label containing four (out of ten) glass phials with cork stoppers of 'Papaverin' (papaverine hydrochloride) tablets. 59 mm x 90 mm x 22 mm, 35 g overall. By Knoll, from Savory and Moore, English, 1930-1950.

Paper wrapping containing four phials of papaverin

1930-1950

Aluminium tin-can, for containing 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac sedative cough lozenges, by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, England, 1945-1960

Aluminium tin, to contain 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac cough lozenges

1945-1960

Aluminium tin-can, for containing 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac sedative cough lozenges, by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, England, 1945-1960

Aluminium tin, to contain 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac cough lozenges

1945-1960

Menu, card, cellophane, Special High Speed Train Gleneagles to London, produced by British Rail for special service from Gleneagles to London for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference, 13 June 1977. Includes introduction by Peter Parker and route map.

Special High Speed Train Gleneagles to London

1977-06

Glass stoppered jar containing compound (Hypo-anthine, very pure, from human brain by mercury acetate process), prepared by Dr. John Louis William (Johann Ludwig Wilhelm) Thudichum, Germany, 1870-1880

Hypo-anthine

1870-1880

Glass stoppered jar containing compound (Lactacte from Zinc from human brain), prepared by Dr. John Louis William (Johann Ludwig Wilhelm) Thudichum, Germany, 1870-1880

Lactate from zinc

1870-1880

Two packets of 'Ayds' dieting drinks (mint & coffee)

Two packets of 'Ayds' dieting drinks (mint & coffee)

Luxometer by Everett, Edgcumbe, London, c.1920, serial no. 137615

Luxometer by Everett

1915-1925

Rectangular cardboard box, contains KLX tablets made by Michael Hart and Co. Ltd, Cavendish Square, London, W1, England, 1920-1955.

Rectangular cardboard box

1920-1955

Rectangular cellophane-covered box contains tablets, made in Austria 1900-1950

Rectangular cellophane-covered box contains tablets

1900-1950

Glass stoppered jar containing compound (Potassic Bitartrate from the mother liquor from human brain), prepared by Dr. John Louis William (Johann Ludwig Wilhelm) Thudichum, Germany, 1870-1880

Potassic bitartrate

1870-1880

Glass stoppered jar containing compound (Sphingo Shyel-Cadmium Chloride) isolated from human brain tissue, 1870-1880. Prepared by Dr. John Louis William (Johann Ludwig Wilhelm) Thudichum, Germany.

Sphingo Shyel-Cadmium Chloride

1870-1880

Glass stoppered jar containing compound isolated from human brain tissue (here labelled as "Protagon" a word coined by German pharmacologist Oscar Liebrich in 1864 to - incorrectly - describe the whole brain tissue), 1870-1880. Prepared by Dr. John Louis William (Johann Ludwig Wilhelm) Thudichum, Germany.

Protagon

1870-1880

Glass stoppered jar containing compound (Inosite, human), prepared by Dr. John Louis William (Johann Ludwig Wilhelm) Thudichum, Germany, 1870-1880

Inosite

1870-1880

Glass stoppered jar containing compound (Kerasine, human, 5.4 grams), prepared by Dr. John Louis William (Johann Ludwig Wilhelm) Thudichum, Germany, 1870-1880

Kerasine

1870-1880

Babycare polycarbonate feeding bottle, by Clearlite Containers. One of a selection of drugs and related material from India, 1975-1980.

Babycare polycarbonate feeding bottle, by Clearlit Containers

1975-1980

Aluminium tin-can, for containing 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac sedative cough lozenges, by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, England, 1945-1960

Aluminium tin, to contain 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac cough lozenges

1945-1960

Aluminium tin-can, for containing 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac sedative cough lozenges, by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, England, 1945-1960

Aluminium tin, to contain 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac cough lozenges

1945-1960

Aluminium tin-can, for containing 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac sedative cough lozenges, by Savory and Moore Ltd., London, England, 1945-1960

Aluminium tin, to contain 40 Morphine Hydrochloride and Ipecac cough lozenges

1945-1960

Euston Alliance Tie, grey polyester with paired white narrow stripes, between which in three diagonal stripes are the company names, Balfour Beatty, Railtrack & Westinghouse,in pale blue. The tail of the tie is marked Euston Alliance in black. The cellophane wrapper is clear and embossed with the Royal Warrant for HM the Queen, the makers name and telephone number in gold ink.

Euston Alliance Tie

2000

Vibrating wire device, No. L-30.000, by Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Ltd., England

Vibrating wire device

Instructions, for Aitken's portable dust counter, no.116, M O 1A, by Kelvin, Bottomley & Baird Limited, Glasgow, Scotland

Instructions, for Aitken's portable dust counter

Cardbox covered in cellophane and containing 20 pills (?) of quinine compound, Argentina, 1930-1958

Cardbox covered in cellophane and containing 20 pi

1930-1958

Cellophane container filled with stalks and pods of woad, provenance unknown, 1851 to 1940

Cellophane container filled with stalks and pods of woad

1851-1940

Box, containing glass bottle fill of tiodine pills made by Armingeat and Co., 43 rue de Saintonge, Paris, France, 1920-1950. Supplied by Roberts and Co., 76 New Bond Street, London, W1, England.

Box, containing glass bottle fill of tiodine pills made by Armingeat and Co.

1920-1950

Sieve, full of liquorice root, European, 1870-1940

Sieve, full of liquorice root, European, 1870-1940

1870-1940

Lid, for Albarello jar, or vase, earthenware, tin-glazed, for opium poppy seeds, or magnesium sulphate, unsigned, Spain, 1700-1799

Lid, for Albarello jar

1700-1799