Medicines Collection

Penicillin Culture / 1929
Original culture plate on which Sir Alexander Fleming first observed the growth of penicillin notatum in 1929

Medicine / Liver Pills
LIVER TABLETS - Advert for Carters Little Liver Pills

Cod Liver Oil
This advertisement for Scotts Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil features a codfish weighing 70.76 kg caught off the Norwegian coast

Advert / Steedman Powders
Steedmans Soothing Powders for children cutting teeth

Allenburys Pastilles Ad
Advertisement for Allenburys pastilles; this advert suggests that they will stop people coughing through a talkie

Advert / Elliman Embrocati
Ellimans embrocation for rheumatism, lumbago and sprains

Advert / Hood Liver Pills
Hoods Liver Pills

Advert / Eno Fruit Salt
Enos Fruit Salt - first thing every morning

Advert for Beechams Pills 1887
What are the Wild Waves saying ? Try BREECHAMs PILLS! 1887

Electric Oil Remedy / 1890
Advertisement for Dr Thomass Electric Oil: the great internal and external remedy

Engraved title page. From: The anatomy of melancholy. Date: 1632

Woolleys Chemists labels
Woolleys Ltd Chemists, bottle labels, Brimstone and Treacle Tablets, Winter Lung and Chest Wafer and Special Menthol Tablets 1908 Date: 1908

Obesity Caure 1890S
Those who think and reason and use their common sense will take FIGUROIDS to cure their obesity. A hundred years later, the problem will still be with us

Neuro-Grey Medicine Ad
Neuro-Grey cure-all for headaches, loss of appetite and many other symptoms

Advert for Andrews Liver Salt
Advert promoting the health benefits of Andrews Liver Salt. Date: circa 1939

Great Plague of London of 1665
Blaize, an apothecary, tests medicines to try and cure the plague Date: 1665

To Ladies. Advert for Dr John Hoopers Female Pills. Date: 1886

Botanic Gardens Chelsea
The Chelsea Physic Garden (as it is now known) was established as the Apothecaries Garden in London, England, in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries to grow plants to be used as medicines

Gentleman giving out medicines to beggars, 18th century
English gentleman dispensing his medicine cabinet to beggars at Ivry-sur Seine, 18th century. He gives aerated salts to a one-armed soldier, Bruchsal elixir to an old woman, and magnetic drops

Charlatan or Quack Doctor - 17th century England
A Charlatan peddling patent medicines to gullible 17th century purchsers - pictured here with a monkey assistant. 17th century

ADVERT / COD LIVER OIL
Mellins Cod Liver Oil Emulsion Date: circa 1895

17th century Apothecaries
Apothecaries preparing medicines, pounding the ingredients with pestles in a mortar. Date: 17th century

Advertising / Promotional card for Dr Jaynes Remedies featuring a milkmaid and a pair of Jersey Cows. Date: circa 1890s

QUININE
Quinine (Cinchona): an invaluable medicine in tropical countries; excellent at reducing fevers and used to control malaria

Allcocks Porous Plasters, a safe and sure remedy. Warming and soothing, relieving and curing Asthma, Lumbago, Sciatica, Colds, Kinks, Quinsy, Spasms, Rheumatism

Page of Victorian adverts 1889
A variety of advertisements in The Graphic dated August 1889, showing Nuda Veritas hair restorer, Nubian, black polish for boots and shoes, Nortons Camomile Pills, for indigestion

Advert for Beechams Pills 1900
The before and after approach is a mainstay of medical advertising : here it is, used dramatically, if not credibly, by the manufacturers of Beechams Pills. 1900

Advert for Carbolic smoke ball 1892
Carbolic smoke ball, Hay Fever positively cured and prevented. Testimonials include It acted like magic! It is simply invaluable!. 1892

Alcool De Menthe / 1890S
Advertisement for alcool de menthe de Ricoles: great for cuts and bites

Advert for Flu Nips
A trade card for flu nips ; " nip the flu before the flu nips you"

Charlatan in Marketplace
A drummer draws crowds to the stall of a charlatan, set up in a market place. And who knows, some of his medicines may do the trick

Advert / Whooping Cough
Whooping cough cure containing cresolene

Daisy Headache Cure
Daisy headache cure : cures splitting headaches in a phew minutes

London Trade Card - Richard Siddall, Chemist at the Golden Head in Panton Street near the Haymarket. 18th century

Bailleul, France - Pharmacy. Date: circa 1910s

Beechams Pills Cycle Ad
Theres nothing to beat a play upon words for a catchy slogan - this striking advert is designed to appeal to the cycling public when this sport is enjoying a popular vogue. Date: 1900

Using a gargle 1904
Advertisement demonstrating how to use a Gargle Date: 1904

Advert / Andrews Liver Sal
Andrews Liver Salts - " I must have left it behind!" Date: 1929

Advert / Holloways Pills
Holloways Pills and Ointment for health, youth and beauty Date: circa 1890

Advert / Cough Drops 1950
Nican cough drops - dissolve a cough instantly Date: 1950

Advert / Hoff Malt Extract
Hoffs Malt Extract Date: circa 1905

Apothecary 1827
An apothecary mixing medicines with a pestle and mortar in his laboratory. Date: 1827

Quack Doctor on Horse
Quack doctor or Mountebank on horseback sells patent medicines to townsfolk. Date: 18th Century

Advert / Bile Beans 1906
Do you suffer from Indigestion and liver troubles? Take BILE BEANS for BILIOUSNESS - Every Bean a Boon! Date: 1906

Brochure for Beechams Pills - Empire Air Tour. Date: 1930

WW1 advertisement for Salaspin replacing German aspirin
Advertisement for Salaspin, a British made headache remedy, with one or two tablets able to alleviate headache brought on by war worry. The advert states very plainly that it replaces German aspirin

Duc De LA Force - 2
Satire on the activities of Henri Jacques Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force : the discovery of hoards of foodstuffs and medicines caused immense scandal. Date: 1721

Bohemian Woman - Coumara Nut Seller - Istanbul, Turkey. Coumara nuts are the seeds of the Tonka Bean Tree, used in medicines, perfumes and (in Asia) as a substitute for Vanilla. Date: circa 1904

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