Oyster Catch / WhitstableOysters, found to be a valuable remedy for the influenza epidemic, are sorted and packed by fishermen in Whitstable, Kent, for distribution to the hospitals
Ellimans embrocationColour advertisement from 1914 for Ellimans Embrocation showing a hunting scene. Ellimans was a well-known remedy for easing joint pain with formulae for both horses and humans
Andrews Liver Salt poster by John HassallI must have left it behind. A bemused gent scratches his head as he searches his suitcase for his precious tin of Andrews Liver Salt. It is, of course, in his back trouser pocket. Date: c.1920
Enos Fruit SaltsFull page colour advertisement fo Enos fruit salts, a popular remedy for digestive problems throughout the 19th century
Mothersills Seasick RemedyAdvertisement for Mothersills Seasick Remedy - recommended to stop train sickness. 1930
Cephos cold and flu powder advertisementAdvert for Cephos cold and flu powder depicting a poorly looking woman, dressed rather smartly, and standing, hanging onto a strap on a bus or tube train
Electric Oil Remedy / 1890Advertisement for Dr Thomass Electric Oil: the great internal and external remedy
Woolleys Chemists labelsWoolleys Ltd Chemists, bottle labels, Brimstone and Treacle Tablets, Winter Lung and Chest Wafer and Special Menthol Tablets 1908 Date: 1908
Sanotogen advertA woman appearing ??Run-down?. The advert offering Sanatogen to build your health back up. It was invented by the Bauer Chemical Co. in Germany in 1898. It is still sold today as vitamins. Date: 1925
Abol AdvertisementAdvertisement for Abol, promoting their non-poisonous insecticide. The safest and best remedy for greenfly, mildew, etc. Image shows the labelled canister along with syringe. Date: circa 1931
Comic postcard, Scotsman providing sea breezesComic postcard, Scotsman providing his wife with sea breezes on the cheap Date: 20th century
Advert, Toupes and wigs for men from C Bond & Son, Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London W1. 1923
Advert for Coca-tonic, Champagne - nerve tonic 1897Sold in wine merchants stores and chemist. The highest class natural champagne and coco leaf extract, the most powerful nerve tonic. 1897
Lactart (Milk Acid) - relieves fevers, headache etcLactart (Milk Acid) - relieves fevers, headache, wakefulness, nervous depression and urinary troubles. Produced by Avery Lactate Co. of Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1900s
Advertising / Promotional card for Dr Jaynes Remedies featuring a milkmaid and a pair of Jersey Cows. Date: circa 1890s
Plantes Medicinales - Medicinal plantsA variety of medicinal plants renowned for their healing properties including mistletoe, sphagnum moss and violets. Date: 1930
Ebers papyrus. ca. 1500 BC. Ancient Egypt. Amenhotep Is reign. 18th Dynasty. One of the first treatises on medicine written in human history. Hieratic, hieroglyphic writing. GERMANY. SAXONY. Leipzig
Allcocks Porous Plasters, a safe and sure remedy. Warming and soothing, relieving and curing Asthma, Lumbago, Sciatica, Colds, Kinks, Quinsy, Spasms, Rheumatism
Brimstone and Treacle -- probably a reference to a Victorian aperient medicine. 19th century
Advert for Phosferine tonic medicine 1915The devastating effects of the constant bombing of shell fire, over the men in the trenches in World War One, even when no actual injury is not seen
Advertisement for ChlorodyneAn advertisement for Dr J Collis Brownes Chlorodyne, the best and surest remedy for all kinds of conditions, including coughs, colds, asthma, bronchitis, diarrhoea, cholera, dysentery, spasms
Ethiopia, Africa - BloodlettingRemedies: Bloodletting (after a razor has drawn blood) using a cow horn. Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies
Apothecary s. Ancient herbalism. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland
Old Pharmacy laboratoy. Inside. Instrumentals. 1772-1809. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland
Pharmaceutical porcelain jars. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland
Pharmaceutical jars for storing Aspirina and Bicarbonat. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland
Pharmaceutical glass containers. 1700. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland
Pharmaceutical containers with inscriptions, and mortar. pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland
Pharmaceutical jars. Spanish Albarello. 17th century. PharmaPharmaceutical jars for storing Aspirina and Bicarbonat. Pharmacy Museum. Turku. Finland
Advert for Dr. Scotts electric plasters 1889They who suffer ache and pain, need suffer never more again. With the new invention Dr. Scotts electric plaster. Claiming to cure many illnesses
Cartoon, During the bombardment, WW1Cartoon, During the bombardment. A British soldier eats from a hamper during a bombing raid. He tells another soldier, Jim, that when he eats quickly he gets the hiccups -- can he suggest a remedy
Trade card, Horsfords Acid PhosphateTrade card for Horsfords Acid Phosphate, for mental and physical exhaustion, dyspepsia, etc, manufactured by Rumford Chemical Works of Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Date: circa late 19th century
WW1 advertisement for Salaspin replacing German aspirinAdvertisement 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
Advertisement for a Quack Remedy - Japanese Junk - SydneyAdvertisement for a Quack Remedy on the sails of a Japanese Junk - Sydney Harbour, Australia. Dr. Sheldons New Discovery for Coughs, Colds and Consumption. Date: circa 1910s
Pharmacopoea drawerA pharmacopea drawer dating back to before 1753 from the Sir Hans Sloane collection. A drawer containing the different ingredients for the preparation or mixing of medicines
Theatrum sanitatis (Codex 4182). Tacuinum Sanitatis. sheet CXXIII: Galli. Hens in a wicker cage; remedy for those who suffer with colic. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Rome
Jail the only remedy
FEG. kidney remedy. The newly discovered herb medicine. Sold everywhere. Patent medicine poster showing Paul and Virginia, caricatures of an African American couple on a swing. Date c1887. FEG
Dr. D. Jaynes tonic vermifuge. A sure remedy for worms. Advertisement for patent remedies, showing Moses held in a basket by a young woman. Date c1889
Silhouette of a couple taking the waters7-9am Taking the Waters -- a couple stand facing each other, probably in a spa resort. They both have walking sticks, and the man on the left is holding a glass in his hand
Feeding medicine to a poorly kittenThe Patient. A sick kitten is spoon-fed some medicine - the patient does not seem too keen.....!! Date: circa 1910s
Shakespeare / PuckAct IV, Scene I Puck applies the remedy, so that the lovers & Bottom awaken, as though from a dream Date: 1908
Sfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant or cures / remediesSfax, Tunisia - Outdoor merchant in a truly spectacular hat selling traditional local tunisian cures/remedies by the side of the street
A Sovereign RemedyJohn Bull holds the hand of a rather unhealthy looking pound note in a satirical illustration which alludes to the falling value of sterling against the dollar in 1920
Ayers Cathartic PillsAyers Pills are a sure remedy for Costiveness, Jaundice, Indigestion, Headache, Dizziness, transient Numbness, Biliousness. As a Dinner Pill they have no equal
Advert / Eclectric OilDr Thomas Eclectric Oil - the great internal and external remedy
A Cure for GoutThe waistcoat pocket remedy for gout
