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Small circular clear glass bottle, stopper missing, empty, originally contained Laudanum de Sydenham. 55 mm x 16 mm diamter, 17 g. Unknown maker, French, 19th century.

Bottle for Sydenham Laudanum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1801-1900
Glass phial with cork stopper full of chocolate-coated 'Neuralgic' tablets (zinc phosphate, strychnine, cannabis extract). 58 mm x 11 mm diameter, 5 g. Parke, Davis, and Co., London, 1880-1930.

Phial of 'Neuralgic' tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1930
Small rectangular pocket dispensary with hinged metal segments, 7 of which contain pills (including opium, Dover's powder, quinine, and lead with opium), 2 contain packets of powder (calomel and antimony), with an informational leaflet. 84 mm x 57 mm x 13 mm. Made by Flockhart and Company, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1837-1870.

Small pocket dispensary containing drugs

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1837-1870
Homoeopathic medicine pocket dispensary, folding leather case containing 60 glass phials all labelled, made by Dr.W. Schwabe of Leipzig, German, 1870-1930

Homoeopathic medicine pocket dispensary, folding l

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930
Green leather hinged miniature dispensary, containing 18 glass jars, measuring cylinder and 7 pill boxes, personal relic of Drs. Bailey, designed by Dr.E.A. Kirby, English, 1850-1900

Green leather hinged miniature dispensary, contain

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1900
Specimen phial containing homeopathic cannabis pills. Phial: 55mm. Homeopathic medicine is based on the 'law of similars' that 'like is cured by like'. Dispensed by Dr. William Schwabe, German, 1870-1930.

Phial of homeopathic cannabis

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930