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Parke, Davis and Company Limited
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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