Exploring Medicines
Discover how a variety of medicinal preparations have been made through the centuries and the essential pharmaceutical equipment used.
Vapo-Cresolene Vaporizer Oil Lamp, 1923-1940
Vapo-Cresolene Vaporizer oil lamp and cardboard packaging. The lamp consists of a small metal kerosene lamp, wick, clear glass container for the oil, and a ...
Vermilion, c1754
Tin from drawer no. 10 in Corbyn Cabinet which contains specimen of mercuric sulphide (vermilion). The painted label read ‘Metal: &c’. The label on drawer partition ...
Verrucae Pedum Equinorum, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar containing specimens of ‘lichen’, a callous excrescence found on horses’ legs. From the Burges Collection Text on paper contents label reads ‘Catal. ...
Viper (Burges Collection of Materia Medica)
Vipers appear to have been one of the wonder drugs of the apothecary’s cabinet. Commonly used as a poison antidote or plague remedy, vipers ...
Viperae Exenterateae, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar, with wooden lid and paper labels, containing specimens of disembowelled viper/adder. Vipers had a whole range of uses including the cure ...
Zea Spelta, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar with glass lid and paper label, containing specimen of seed of hardy wheat (Triticum spelta). From The Burges Collection. Label on body ...