Attitudes to Health
Investigate the work of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, celebrating key developments that have raised professional standards and improved patient safety..
Dr Horsey’s (Oriental) Fibre Tooth Brush c1905-1916
Cardboard box, with paper label, originally containing one dozen individually wrapped spare brush heads, 11 brush heads remaining. The box lid features an illustration of a ...
Dr Loubet’s French Tooth Powder 20th Century
Metal canister containing Dr Loubet’s French Tooth Powder. Manufactured by the Loubet Manufacturing Company. Tooth powders were often used to clean and polish teeth. ...
Dr Scott’s Electric Hair Brush. c1880-1890
Cardboard box enclosing Dr Scott’s Electric Hair Brush. The hair brush is a bristle brush with a black handle. The back bears the word “...
Dr Wright’s Celebrated Pearl Ointment c1879-1915
Circular white ceramic cosmetic pot lid, for Dr Wright’s Celebrated Pearl Ointment, with green transfer inscription on lid. The ointment was indicated in 1879, ‘For ...
Eno’s Solution of Roses c1893-1916
Glass bottle Eno’s Solution of Roses. The preparation is promoted on the label as ‘always valuable, but in cold weather it is indispensable for ...
Essence De Rose Bulgare c1985
Cylindrical metal flask with cork stopper and fabric covering, now empty but originally containing otto of rose, an essential oil of roses, used in perfumery. ...
Frazer and Green’s Cherry Tooth Paste 1860-1910
Circular white ceramic toothpaste pot lid, with black transfer design on the lid, for Frazer and Green’s Cherry Tooth Paste. Manufactured by Frazer & Green ...
Gosnell’s Cherry Tooth Paste – Extra Moist c1893-1921
Small circular white ceramic toothpaste pot lid, with black transfer design, for Gosnell’s Cherry Tooth Paste – Extra Moist. The toothpaste is promoted on the ...
Hayden Coffin Tooth Powder 1910
Ceramic container in the shape of an Egyptian sarcophagus, containing Hayden Coffin Tooth Powder. The pot is made of two parts, a lid, and a ...
Hudson’s Vegetable Leaflets c1913-1938
Paper booklet containing Hudson’s Vegetable Leaflets. Manufactured by the Boots Pure Drug Company, Limited. The leaflets would have been moistened and applied to the ...