Box 35: Grandma's Medicine Chest

Reminiscence Loan Box

1. Early Hearing Tube  (L.5140)
2. Doctor’s Stethoscope  (L.4398)
3. Ear Syringe  (L.89)
4. Elastoplast Dressings Tin
5. Maw’s Improved Inhaler (L.1996.2269.1)
6. Jar of Mentholatum (L.4793)
7. Pynoline Box (L.1996.3094.10)
8. Gee’s Linctus Pastilles B.P.C.  (L.1998.2015)
9. Nigroids for Throat and Voice   (L.4648)
10. Iodised Throat Tablets (“Sure Shield”)    (L.378)
11. a) Red Sage Mouthwash
b) Sore Throat and Lanryngitis Remedies
12. Rexall Indigestion Lozenges (L.1990.4303)
13.  a) Milk of Magnesia Tablets  (L.5458)
b) Poster: If You Have Indigestion
14. Raspberry Leaf Tablets    (L.4456)
15. Chilblain Stick    (L.1990.3944)
16. Mustard Leaves x 2   (L.4789)
17. Zinc Ointment Tin   (L.1996.2514)
18. Block Julee Antiseptic Stone (L.2487)
19.I  Spy In Hospital  (L.4419)
20. Accidents and First Aid Booklet  (L.5459)
21. Moorfields Eye Dropper in Box
22. Photo:  Old Fashioned Pharmacy, Children and Nurse
23. Postcard:  Bile Beans
24. Thermometer and Tincture of Iodine   (L.4794)
25. Old Glass Eye Bath   (L.4123)
26. Eye Protector in Box   (L.4486.1)
27. Bottle of Spirit of Sal Volatile   (L.1983.4)
28. Castor Oil Bottle   (L.1997.172)
29. Bottle of Sweet Spirit of Nitra   (L.4682)
30. Bottle of Ginko Biloba
31. a) Lavender Bag
b) Use of Lavender
32.Bottle of Clove Bud Oil
33. a) Advert: Wrights Cold Tar Soap
b) Advert:  Lifebuoy Toilet Soap
34. a) Bottle of Sloans Liniment   (L.4423)
b) Poster: How to Make a Liniment Using St. John’s Wort
Old Fashioned Liniments
35. Advert: Hall’s Wine
36. Poster: Give Her Bovril
37. Poem: I Should Have Looked After My Teeth
38. a) Advert:  Pepsodent Toothpaste
b) Advert:  Euthymol Toothpaste
c) Advert:  Gibbs Solid Dentifrice
d) How to Make a Herbal Toothbrush
39. Question and Answer Sheet
40. Remember the Good Ole Days
41. Peppermint Tea Packet
42. Poultices
43. Additional Information (Blue Display Book)
44. The Universal Doctor - illustrated

Total: 44 Items  Value: £150

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