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Homeopathic Medicine Chest

Inventory Number 76595


Subject
Medicine
Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by Mrs G.M. Briars in 1957.. Formerly the property of John Lambourne Phillips (1821-1899), veterinary surgeon, of North Weston and Thame.
Physical material
Mahogany
Glass
Paper
Inventory No
76595
Accession Number
1957-54

Description

Chest with two fitted drawers in its lower section and a fitted upper compartment. It contains 195 corked glass tubes, 84 small bottles and 3 larger square bottles.

Tubes containing: Spigelia; Tussilago Petasites; Ruta Graviolens; Plumbum Aceticum; Niccolum; Magnesia Carbonica; Ignatia Amara; Dulcamara; Cocculus; Carbo Animalis; Belladonna; Antimonium Crudum; Aconitum Napellus; Urtica Urens; Stannum; Sabadillae Scmen[?]; Plumbum; Natrum Carbonicum; Manganesium; Ipecacuanha [empty]; Eugenia Iambos; Coffea Cruda; Carbo Vegetabilis; Aranea Diadema; Aconitum N. 3. [empty]; Uva Ursi; Spongia; Sabina; Podophyllum Peltatum; Nux Vomica [empty]; Menyanthes Trifoliata; Ipecacuanha [empty]; Euphorbia Officinarum; Coffea; Carbo Vegetabilis; Bryonia Alba [empty]; Arnica Montana; Arsenicum Album; Veratrum Album; Squilla Maritima; Prunus Padus; Mercur. Subl. Corr.; Jalapa; Euphrasia; Colchium; Causticum; Sulphuris Acidum; Arnica Montana; Valeriana; Staphysagria; Sambucus; Prunus Spinosa; Nerium Oleander; Jatropha Curcas; Evonymus Europaeus; Colocynthis; Chamomilla; Borax Veneta; Aristolochia; Phosphori Acidum; Sulphur; Pulsatilla; Oniscus Asellus; Mercurius Solubulis; Kali Hydriodicum; Ferrum; Conium Maculatum; Bismuthum; Nitri Acidum; Muriatis Acidum; Verbascum Thapsus; Stramonium; Sanguinarias Can; Kalmia Latifolia; Kali Carbonicum; Filix Mas.; Crotalus; China Officinalis [solid/crystallised liquid]; Calcarea Carbonica [white balls]; Antimonium Tartaricum; Agaricus Muscarius; Viola Tricola; Strontiana; Sassafras; Ranunculus Bulbosis; Opium; Mercurius Vivus [empty]; Oleum Jecoris Mor.; Graphitis [residue]; China Officinalis [white balls]; [white balls, no label]; Calcarea Carbonica [pale yellow balls]; Argentum Nitricum; Allium Sativum; Vinca Minor; Tabacum; Sarsaparilla; Ranunculus Sceler; Mercurius Vivus [empty]; Kreosotum; Gratiola Officinalis; Cuprum Aceticum; Chelidonium Majus; Calendula; Arum Maculatum; Agnus Castus; Viola Tricolor; Symphytum Officinale; Secale Cornutum; Raphanus Sativus; Paris Quadrifolia; Mezereum; Kali Bichromas; Haematoxyl: Camp; Cuprum; Cicuta Virosa; Camphora; Asarum; Aloes; Vipera Torva; Taraxacum; Selenium Metallicum; Rhabarbar (Rheum); Petroleum; Millefolium; Sepiae Succus [empty]; Helleborus Niger; Cuprum Mettalicum; Cina; Cannabis; Asafoetida; Alumina; Violoa Odorata; Taxus Bacc.; Senna; Rhus Radicans; Petroselinum; Moschus; Laurocerasus; Hepar Sulphuris Calca; Daphnae Indica; Cinnamomum; Aurum Foliatum; Ammonium Carbon; Vipera Redi; Thuja Occidentalis; Senega; Rhus Toxicodendron; Phosphorus [empty]; Murax Purpurea; Ledum Palustre; Hyoscyamus Niger; Digitalis Purpurea; Cinnabaris; Cantharides; Baryta Carbonica; Ambra Grisea [solid crystal / liquid]; Zincum; Lachesis; Pinus Silvestris; Natrum Muriaticum [yellow crystals/liquid]; Lycopodium; Drosera Rotundifolia; Clematis Erecta; Cantharis; Berberis Vulgaris; Anacardium; Tonga; Silicea; Rhus Vernix; Platina; Natrum Muriaticum [white balls]; Lobelia Inflata; Ignatia Amara [empty]; Capsicum; Angustura Vera. Bottles containing: Arnica Fontana [empty but with dried residue around the top]; Calendula Officiale; Rhus Toxicodendron; Sabina; Silicea; Rheum; Secale Cornutum; Sanguinarias Can; Staphysagria; Sepiae Succus; Tonga; Thuja Occidentalis; Urtica Urens; Valeriana; Veratrum Album; Raphanus Sativus; Squilla Maritima; Sambucus; Symphytum Officinale; Nux Vomica; Sulphur; Sulphuris Acidum; Spongia; Spigelia; Stannum; Stramonium; Mezereum; Mercurius Solubilis; Millefolium; Mercurius Vivus; Oleander; Opium; Plumbum; Pulsatilla; Phosphorus; Graphitis; Hepar Sulphuris; Helleborus Niger; Ipecacuanha [residue]; Ignatia Amara; Jatropha circus; Kali Carbicum; Ledum Palustre; Lycopodium; Laurocerasus; Lachesis; Cannabis; Conium Macultaum; Colchicum; Calendula; Cuprum; Colosynthis; Camphora; Digitalis Purperea; Drosera Rotundifolia; Dulcamara; Euphrasia; Ferrum; Bryonia Alba; Bromine; Cocculus; Cantharis; Cina; Capsicum; Carbo Vegetabilis; Causticum; Chamomilla; Clematis Erecta; Coffea Cruda; China Officinalis [residue]; Aconitum Napellus; Muriatis Acidum; Nitri Acidum; Phosphori Acidum; Arsenicum Album; Arnica Montana; Antimonium Tartaricum; Baryta Carbonica; Belladonna. (All bottles empty apart from Calendula Officiale, Rhus Toxicodendron, Mercurius Solubilis, Hepar Sulphuris, China Officinalis, Arsenicum Album and Baryta Carbonica.)