Sulphur

Sulphur is a yellow substance – one of the element substances. It is sometimes known as brimstone. We have a bottle containing some at Market Lavington Museum. Here we see a glass jar with ground...

Vapo-Cresolene Vaporizer

Let’s begin with an image. This is a Vapo-Cresolene Vaporizer. What a work of elegance! There is a simple paraffin burner designed to heat a substance to produce a vapour. The vapour was said to ...

Absorbent Cotton

A number of medicaments from the First World War era have come to the museum from Rose Crouch. This pack of absorbent cotton is an example. This is a cube like package – about an inch cube but it...

Doan’s Dictionary and Almanack – 1903

Doan’s backache and kidney pills were all the rage 100 years ago. Apparently, they still exist although without any reference to kidneys. For the medically minded the active ingredient is magnesium ...

A First World War Medical Kit

Today we look at a tin containing its original contents - medicaments. This little tin was produced by Burroughs Wellcome and Co of London. The Wellcome name is still well known in the medical fiel...