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This tablet of white chalky earth from the Milk Grotto in the holy city of Bethlehem was intended to be eaten
Description This tablet of white chalky earth from the Milk Grotto in the holy city of Bethlehem was intended to be eaten. The eating of earth sounds unusual but is… Read more.
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Embalming Syringe Set, London, England, 1790-1820
Description The embalming set consists of two brass syringes and accompanying accessories. It sits in a purple velvet lined wooden box. It was made between 1790 and 1820 by London-based… Read more.
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A Selection of Apothecary Jars
Description A selection of apothecary jars. Four glass cylindrical drug jars with a parchment cover, labelled “Vitriol Alb.” (zinc sulphate), “OCUL CANCR” (Crab’s eyes – stones found in stomach of… Read more.
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Advertising insert (from The Chemists’ and druggists’ diary, 1912) for Baiss Brothers & Stevenson’s cod liver oil, Othniel zinc oxide, Beechwood creosote, Copaiba Balsam, quinine and coca miscible extract
Description Advertising insert (from The Chemists’ and druggists’ diary, 1912) for Baiss Brothers & Stevenson’s cod liver oil, Othniel zinc oxide, Beechwood creosote, Copaiba Balsam, quinine and coca miscible extract.… Read more.
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Apparatus (electro-physiological experiments; zinc-copper couples threaded on pincers) used in experiments on curare and its effect on nerves and muscles
Description Apparatus (electro-physiological experiments; zinc-copper couples threaded on pincers) used in experiments on curare and its effect on nerves and muscles. Read more.
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Polybactrin, an antibiotic spray containing zinc – between 1960 and 1969?
[between 1960 and 1969?] Read more.
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A two-dimensional female figure/nurse made of mixed media holding a limp horizontal figure made of a tube of zinc white paint with arms on a textile background bearing the letters ‘SIDA’ in each corner; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph [by Eduardo Ponju谩n and Ren茅 Francisco], ca. 1995
Notes By multi-media Cuban-born artists Eduardo Ponju谩n and Ren茅 Francisco who work together according to similar poster found on http://fons.upv.es – Figure’s skirt is edged with a wooden ruler and… Read more.
![A two-dimensional female figure/nurse made of mixed media holding a limp horizontal figure made of a tube of zinc white paint with arms on a textile background bearing the letters ‘SIDA’ in each corner; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph [by Eduardo Ponju谩n and Ren茅 Francisco], ca. 1995](https://meremoonshine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-10.png)
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