Exploring Medicines
Discover how a variety of medicinal preparations have been made through the centuries and the essential pharmaceutical equipment used.
Boswellia Species, Late 19th Century
Glass cylindrical bottle containing brown specimens of Boswellia species. Medicinal use listed on labels: Stimulant, tonic, alterative, sedative, astringent vulnerary. Surface with a layer of ...
Box for The Allenburys Feeder, 1900-1960
Cardboard box originally containing The ‘Allenburys’ Feeder for nursing babies. Manufactured by Allen and Hanburys Limited. The boat shaped feeder was revolutionary, as it was ...
Boxed insufflator
Boxed insufflator containing plastic tube and rubber bulb, manufactured by Allen and Hanburys. An inscription marked on the box reads ‘Ears’. Insufflators were used to ...
Brass Nuremberg nested cup weights, mid-1500s
This beautiful set of brass Nuremberg nested cup weights was probably made by Dietrich Hagen who worked in Nuremburg, Germany in the mid-1500s. The ...
Buccinum, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar containing two whelk shells, of genus Buccinum. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper contents label reads ‘Cat. mat. med. p. 111 No. 10, ...
Calculi e Felle Bovino, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar containing four specimens of calculi from the gall bladder of an ox. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper contents label reads ‘...
Calculi e Vesica Humana, c1745-1807
Glass specie jar containing one small and two large specimens of calculi from the bladder of an Irish gentleman (1704 and 1705). From the Burges Collection. Text ...
Calculus e Felle Hum, c1745-1807
Glass jar containing specimens of calculus from a human gall bladder. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 122, no. 24’ ...
Calculus ex Abcessii Lateris, c1745-1807
Glass jar containing specimen of calculus, possibly from the side of an abscess. From the Burges Collection. Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. ...
Cantharides, c1745-1807
ss jar containing specimens of Cantharides, Spanish fly. From The Burges Collection. Text on paper labels reads ‘Catal. Mat. Med. p. 124, no. 31’ and ‘CANTHARIDES’. Pomet, ...