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Fly killer, New York, United States, 1888-1930

Fly killer, New York, United States, 1888-1930

1888-1930
Pleated compressed Iodoform gauze from `Tabloid' medicine chest in metal case, containing materia medica in glass stoppered jars (Pts 4 - 38), by Burroughs Wellcome & Company, London, England, 1900-1909. Used by Teddy Roosevelt on African Expedition, 1909.

Iodoform gauze from chest used by Teddy Roosevelt.

1900-1909
Hypodermic injection kit in metal case in leather draw-string pouch with 5 tubes of hypodermic tablets (strychnine sulphate, atropine sulpahte, mercuric chloride, digitalin and aconite nitrate) and 2 needles. Made by Burroughs Wellcome, English, c. 1926.

Hypodermic injection kit with tubes of drugs

1926
Amber glass bottle with plastic lid full if 100 Aloin, Belladonna, Strychnine and Cascara Sagrada tablets. English, mid-twentieth century

Glass bottle containing Aloin, Belladonna, Strychnine and Cascara Sagrada tablets

Brown glass dispensing bottle with bakelite lid full of Sodium Cyanide Crystals. 140 mm x 75 mm diameter, 639 g. Handwritten note reads, ' From Mrs. Jeffries'. Dispensed by R.T. Christopher Pharmacists, Bradford, English, 1920-1960.

Dispensing bottle of Sodium Cyanide Crystals

1950-1980
Round metal tin for Harrison's reliable rat and mouse poison, George W. Harrison Chemist, from Veterinary medicine chest with contents, English, c.1860

Tin for Harrison's reliable rat and mouse poison

Cardboard box, for louse powder, with contents, German, for military issue, 1914-1918

Louse powder

1914-1918
Glass jar with bakelite lid approximately half full of dried belladonna powder. English, twentieth century

Glass jar containing dried belladonna powder

Ceramic drug jar with paper cover half-full of belladonna extract. English, twentieth century

Drug jar containing belladonna extract

Bottle with cork stopper, containing residue of extract of ergotic liquor. 84 mm x 29 mm, 32g. Prepared by Frank Long, Indian, 1860-1878.

Bottle of Ergotic Liquor

1860-1878
Amber glass ribbed poison bottle with cork stopper approximately half full of belladonna extract. English, twentieth century.

Poison bottle containing belladonna

Glass bottle with cork stopper containing Belladonna Extract. 135 mm x 52 mm, 156g. By Savory and Moore, London, 1898-1927.

Glass bottle of belladonna extract

1890-1927
Bamboo pot of jambi poison, with wooden spatula, Peru, 1880-1930. Jambi poison is obtained from over 20 leaves, barks, saps and reptiles; used by indigenous Americans on arrow tips for the killing of birds and small animals.

Bamboo pot of jambi poison

1880-1930