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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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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