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Cylindrical bottle with glass stopper, unopened, containing Veratrum Album, from homeopathic medicine chest, rectangular, London, England, 1880-1910.

Cylindrical bottle with glass stopper, unopened, containing Veratrum Album

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1910

Clear glass bottle with contents marked, 'TR:AC:CARB', for phenol lozenges, by Smith Kendon, London, SE1, England, 1870-1930.

Clear glass bottle with contents marked, 'TR:AC:CA

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930

Bottle, clear glass, half full of brown liquid, for tincture of cubeb, English, mid-late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, half full of brown liquid, fo

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1900

Bottle, clear glass, eighth full of white crystals and clear liquid, for lime water, English, 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, eighth full of white crystals

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for catechu, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for catechu, E

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, third full of clear orange liquid, for spirit of caraway, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, third full of clear orange li

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, third full of clear liquid, for pure pyrola water, English, 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, third full of clear liquid

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Shop round, English, late 19th century, used for cubeb powder

Shop round, English, late 19th century, used for c

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for camphor powder, English, late 19th-early 20th century

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for camphor p

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for bismuth subnitrate, English, late 19th century.

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for bismuth su

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for ferric ammonium citrate, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for ferric amm

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, no label, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, no label, Eng

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Shop round, English, late 19th century, used for gall powder (?)

Shop round, English, late 19th century, used for g

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for tannic acid, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for tannic aci

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Cylindrical narrow bottle of Mercuris Vivus from homeopathic medicine chest, rectangular, London, England, 1880-1910

Cylindrical narrow bottle of Mercuris Vivus from

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1910

Bottle of ergotinine, by W. Martindale, 10 New Cavendish Street, Portland Place, London, W1, England, 1920-1940.

Bottle of ergotinine, by W. Martindale, 10 New Cav

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1940

Blister packet of Nivaquine tablets, chloroquine sulphate, 200mg in cardboard carton by May & Baker (India) Ltd., one of a selection of drugs and related material from India, 1975-1980. Comes with 4 Nivaquine tablets 200mg.

Blister packet of Nivaquine tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1975-1980

Clear glass shop round one third full of Tincture of Squill (TR: SCILLAE). 180 mm x 77 mm diameter. Unknown maker, English, late nineteenth century.

Shop round for tincture of squill

Medical Glass-ware

1840-1910

Shop round for cubeb powder, containing brown powder

Shop round for cubeb powder

Medical Glass-ware

Shop round for infusion of catechu, containing solid brown residue

Shop round for infusion of catechu

Medical Glass-ware

Shop round for composite tincture of senna, containing a brown liquid

Shop round for composite tincture of senna

Medical Glass-ware

Shop round for potassium sulphate, containing a white powder

Shop round for potassium sulphate

Medical Glass-ware

Shop round for tincture of serpentary, containing an orange liquid

Shop round for tincture of serpentary

Medical Glass-ware

Shop round for ammoniated guaiacum tincture, containing a brown residue

Shop round for ammoniated guaiacum tincture

Medical Glass-ware

Shop round for infusion of cascarilla, containing a dark brown liquid

Shop round for infusion of cascarilla

Medical Glass-ware

Cylindrical glass bottle with cork stopper, contains quinine sulphate, prepared by Howards & Sons, Stratford, London, 1860-1910.

glass Bottle Containing Quinine Sulphate, 1860-1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1910

Glass ampoules, 4, of typhoid and paratyphoid A and B vaccine, by Laboratoire de Vaccination Antityphoideque de L'Armee, French, c. 1919

Typhoid and paratyphoid A and B vaccine

Public Health & Hygiene

1915-1920

One of two containers of E-Z-HD barium sulphate double contrast media for radiography, by E-Z-EM Co. Inc., Westbury, New York 11590, United States, 1979.

Container of E-Z-HD barium sulphate double contrast medium

Radiomedicine

1979

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for saccharine, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for saccharine

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, trace of brown liquid, for spirit of nutmeg, English, 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, trace of brown liquid, for sp

Medical Glass-ware

1801-1900

Shop round, English, late 19th century, 1/2 full of aloes extract powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, 1/8 full of yellowish liquid, for orange flower water, English, 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, 1/8 full of yellowish liquid,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Carton of progestogen-only contraceptive pills, 'Neogest', in blister pack with instructions leaflet and check controller, by Schering AG, Berlin, Germany, 1984-1986

Carton of 'Neogest' Contraceptive Pills, Germany, 1984-86

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1984-1986

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for potassium iodide, English, late 19th-early 20th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for potassium iodide

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1940

shop rounds, clear glass, trace contents, for magnesium sulphate solution, English, 19th century

shop rounds, clear glass, trace contents, for magnesium sulphate solution

Medical Glass-ware

1801-1900

Bottle, clear glass, residue in bottom, for tincture of chinchona, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, residue in bottom, for tincture of chinchona

Medical Glass-ware

1840-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for powdered serpentary, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for powdered serpentary

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Bottle, clear glass, trace content, for tincture of lemon, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, trace content, for tincture o

Medical Glass-ware

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for potassium bromide, English, late 19th century.

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for potassium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Bottle, clear glass, trace of red liquid, for composite tincture of chloroform, English, 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, trace of red liquid, for comp

Medical Glass-ware

1801-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for Krameria powder, English, lat 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for Krameria p

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for benzoic acid lozenges, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, trace contents, for benzoic a

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Shop round, clear glass, third full of dark liquid, for cinchona liquid, English, 19th century

Shop round, clear glass, third full of dark liquid

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for mastic powder, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for mastic pow

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for heavy magnesium oxide powder, English, late 19th century.

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for heavy magn

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900

Shop round, clear glass, for toilet vinegar, quarter full of dark liquid, English, 19th century

Shop round, clear glass, for toilet vinegar, quart

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Bottle, clear glass, darkened internally, containing liquid, for ammoniated tincture of guaiac, English, 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, darkened internally, containi

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Bottle, clear glass, 1/8 full of clear liquid, for solvent ether, English, 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, 1/8 full of clear liquid, for

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900

Bottle containing penicillin crystals made by ICI Ltd., Cheshire, 1968

Bottle of crystallin penicillin

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1958

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for ammonium salicylate, English, late 19th century

Bottle, clear glass, with contents, for ammonium salicylate

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1860-1900