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Hydrometer, France, 1810-1820

Clinical Diagnosis

1810-1820

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1849-1915

Trocar

Surgery

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1890

Amulet consisting of two pigs teeth sealed in chamois bag

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1915

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1900

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1910

Gutta percha bottle with chamois covering full of 'Tabloid' brand 'Dover Powder' tablets (ipecac and opium). 118 mm x 39 mm x 39 mm, 163 g. Prepared by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1906-1920

Bottle full of Dover Powder tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1906-1920

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Worn cardboard box with finger and thumb stalls of assorted sizes and materials, with label showing BMW Dependable brand, British make, 1930-1960

Worn cardboard box with finger and thumb stalls of

Surgery

1930-1960

Glass flask, possibly used by Lister for his microbiological experiments

Glass flask, possibly used by Lister for his micro

Microbiology

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

Therapeutics

1810-1850

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1860

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Square glass bottle with chamois covering on stopper of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum(opium tincture), bottle full. 132 mm x 44 mm x 44 mm, 272 g. Yellow chemists label reads, 'FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION/THE LINIMENT/From Savory & Moore/...... /of Chloroform/ with Laudanum./....' Savory & Moore, English, 1870-1901.

Bottle of Chloroform Liniment with Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1901

Small glass bottle with chamois-covered cork stopper full of Tabloid brand Warburg Tincture compressed tablets (contain opium and quinine). 80 mm x 19 mm diameter, 21 g. Produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., London, 1890-1920.

Bottle containing Tabloid Warburg Tincture

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1920

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

Passenger Comforts

Mahogany triptych medicine chest with 33 labelled glass bottles, funnel, medicine cup, 2 knives, 4 ointment jars, pestle and mortar, measuring cylinder, 18th century

Mahogany triptych medicine chest with 33 labelled

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1790-1830

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1880

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1800-1880

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1914

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870

Amulet consisting of bottle of mercury enclosed in chamois case said to cure rheumatism, part of Lovett collection, from Horsham, English, 1890-1894

Amulet consisting of bottle of mercury enclosed in chamois case

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1894

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1893-1900

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1831-1870

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1906-1924

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

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

Bottle of mercury, enclosed in stitched chamois ja

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1860-1894

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1860

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1920

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1860

Unopened glass bottle with chamois covering full of 'The Powder for Diarrhoea'. 100 mm x 35 mm x 35 mm, 152g. Supplied by Kingsford and Co., London, English, 1801-1905.

'The Powder For Diarrhoea'

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1812-1905

Fourteen chamois leather finger and thumb Dressings of varying sizes, probably English, 1930-1960

Fourteen chamois leather finger and thumb Dressing

Surgery

1930-1960

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1861-1900