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Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Dovers Powder tablets / take two / not more than three / for feverish colds on going / to bed to induce perspiration.'
Dover's powder was a traditional medicine against cold and fever developed by Thomas Dover. Dover powder's key ingredient opium led it to be used as a cure for cholera, diarrheoa and the common cold. The mixture is usually comprised of opium, ipecac. and potassium sulphate. It is no longer in use in modern medicine, but may have been in use at least through the 1960s.
The medication combined Opium with what we know today as ipecac (ipecacuanha), a substance that induces vomiting. The result was a pain-reducing potion that might induce a sense of euphoria but could not be ingested in large quantities because of its emetic properties.
Small glass beaker with cork stopper and a handwritten paper label which reads 'POISON / CYLLIN / Not to be taken.' The beaker is full of a dark solidified substance. This bottle forms part of a me
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Potash Permanga
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Potash Permanga
Small glass vial with glass stopper and copper alloy spring. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under t
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Zinc Sulphate /
Small glass bottle with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST' Handwritten in black ink under this is 'Chalk + Opium
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Chalk + Opium /
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Dovers Powder t
Small glass vial with glass stopper and copper alloy spring. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under t
Nickel silver case, lined with purple velveteen. The inside base of the case is divided into 12 compartments by velvet covered U-shaped dividers, approximately 12mm apart. The lid is attached with ro
Group of bar mounted miniature medals for Victoria Cross, British War Medal 1914-20, Victory Medal, King George VI Coronation Medal and Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. Miniature medal group awa
Fine brown suede folder lined with watered polished cotton of the same colour, with two clear celluloid panels to protect the letter originally held in it. The front and flap have gold tooled letterin
Silk lined fiddleback blackwood presentation box with engraved silver plate on the lid reading, 'To CAPTAIN ROBERT C. GRIEVE. V.C. FROM THE CITY OF MALVERN/ IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Dovers Powder t
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Chalk + Opium /
Small glass bottle with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST' Handwritten in black ink under this is 'Chalk + Opium
Small glass vial with glass stopper and copper alloy spring. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under t
Rectangular folding leather case supplied with a closing strap and leather bound buckle, and a stainless steel ring for attaching to the wearer's webbing or braces. The case opens up to reveal contain
Small glass beaker with cork stopper. A paper label with the manufacturer's details printed in red 'CHAS. OGG & Co PHARMACISTS / 76 COLLINS ST'; handwritten in black ink under this is 'Zinc Sulphate /
