Exploring Medicines
Discover how a variety of medicinal preparations have been made through the centuries and the essential pharmaceutical equipment used.
Avena Sativa, c1754
Tin with glass panel in lid with painted label reading ‘Semina’ [seeds]. From drawer no. 3 in Corbyn Cabinet. The tin contains specimen of seed of ...
Axunzia Porcin, c1745-1807
Plastic-wrapped glass jar containing pork lard. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 119, no. 5A’ and ‘AXUNZIA PORCIN’.
Bedeguar, c1745-1807
Glass jar containing four rose bedeguar galls formed on the dog rose by the wasp Diplolepis rosae. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper contents ...
Bees (Burges Collection of Materia Medica, late 1700s)
Rubbing powdered bees on your head used to be a popular remedy for baldness. The essential salt of bees was also taken medicinally to promote ...
Bezoar Factitium, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar containing specimens of artificial Bezoar stones, Bezoar factitium. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper contents label reads ‘Catal. mat. med. p. 120. ...
Bezoar Germanicum, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar containing specimens of Bezoar stones, Bezoar Germanicum. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper contents label reads ‘Catal. mat. med. p. 120. No. 12. ...
Bezoar Occidentale, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar, with glass lid and paper contents label, containing specimens of Bezoar stones, Bezoar occidentale. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper contents ...
Bezoar Orientale, c1745-1807
Glass jar containing one specimen of Bezoar stone, Bezoar orientale. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 121, no. 16’ and ‘...
Bezoar Simiae, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar, with glass lid and paper contents label, containing specimens of Bezoar stones, Bezoar Simiae. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper contents ...
Bezoar Stones (Burges Collection of Materia Medica, late 1700s)
Bezoar stones were calculi from the intestines of various animals and were highly prized as poison antidotes, often being given as royal gifts in elaborate ...