Attitudes to Health
Investigate the work of the Royal College of Pharmacy, celebrating key developments that have raised professional standards and improved patient safety..
Rimmel’s Toilet Vinegar c1925-1938
Glass bottle of Rimmel’s Toilet Vinegar, manufactured by E. Rimmel Limited. The preparation is promoted on the label; ‘A few drops of it poured ...
Rowland’s Euplysia or Improved Hair Wash 1893-1900
Glass bottle of Rowland’s Euplysia or Improved Hair Wash, manufactured by A. Rowland & Sons Indicated on the label; ‘For cleansing the hair and skin ...
Rubber headed toothbrush c1950s
Long, rubber-headed toothbrush on a bone handle. Back of head has inscription on the rubber ‘PATENT TOOTH BRUSH ENGLAND’.
Sample Box of The Crown Perfumery Company c1850-1950
Perfume sample set of The Crown Perfumery Company. The set is stored in a green cardboard box with two press-stud fastenings. The perfume box used ...
Saunders’s Pure White Face Powder, or Bloom of Ninon c1907-1938
Paper envelope containing Saunders’s Pure White Face Powder, or Bloom of Ninon, unopened and sealed. The label states that the powder is ‘A delicate ...
Sozodont Powder c1906-1938
Tin of Sozodont Powder used for cleaning and polishing teeth. The preparation was ‘Guaranteed by Hall and Ruckel under the Food and Drugs Act, June 30, 1906, ...
Stained glass window of the Pharmaceutical Society’s Coat of Arms, around 1900
This beautiful stained and painted glass window shows the Pharmaceutical Society’s coat of arms, crest and motto, granted in 1844. In general the choice of ...
Syphilis, Part of the Medical Heirlooms Collection, 2007
Contemporary ceramic apothecary jar created as part of a ‘Medical Heirlooms’ collection produced by ceramic designer Tamsin van Essen. The jar has been produced so ...
The Consolation of Pharmacology, 2015
Wax bust, entitled The Consolation of Pharmacology, by sculptor Eleanor Crook. The piece depicts eighteen different conditions: scabies, impetigo, acne, stye, rhinitis, basal cell carcinoma (...
THE HYPOCHONDRIAC, 1819
Mounted etching and aquatint, entitled ‘THE HYPOCHONDRIAC.’, drawn by John Augustus Atkinson published by Edward Orme in 1819. Caricature showing an elderly man sitting in an ...