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To perform a vaginal douche, a mixture of water and other ingredients is placed in a bottle or bag. The mixture is then sprayed or squirted upward into the vagina. The fluids then wash out of the vagina, c. 1930.

A graduated cylinder, also known as measuring cylinder is used to measure the volume of a liquid. It has a narrow cylindrical shape. Each marked line on the graduated cylinder represents the amount of liquid that has been measured, c. 1940.

The purpose of an alcoholmeter is to measure the alcohol percentage in the distillate. Includes both Cartier and Gay Lussac scale and thermometer 30 degrees, c. 1940.

This instrument is made of mahogany wood and solid brass and consists of three parts: A slanted base plate, roller handle and drawer. The base plate has two brass side rails and fluted brass strip with graduated markings indicating 1, 6, 12, 18 and 24 grooves. The roller has 4 brass wheels and a fluted strip that matches the base plate strip. The drawer could be removed, c. 1900.

Same as above but a marble base plate, c. 1900.

(a) Wooden case
(b) Christy cachet machine
(c) Damping roller
(d) Tray
(e) Funnels (3)
(f) Thimbles (3), c. 1920.

(a) Mahogany case
(b) Scale- hook-end beam, silk cords, brass scale pans
(c) Weights (11), c. 1900.

(a) Mahogany case
(b) Brass weights (10)
(c) Metal weights (7)
(d) Glass slab
(e) Tweezer, c. 1900.

(a) Wooden case
(b) Brass weights (8)
(c) Metal weights (2), c. 1920.

To perform a vaginal douche, a mixture of water and other ingredients is placed in a bottle or bag. The mixture is then sprayed or squirted upward into the vagina. The fluids then wash out of the vagina, c. 1935.

(a) Cane case
(b) Scale
(c) Brass weight, c. 1900.

Mortar and pestle, ancient device for milling by pounding. The mortar is a durable bowl commonly made of stone, ceramic, or wood. The pestle is a rounded grinding club often made of the same material as the mortar. Maker: Wedgwood, England, c. 1910.

Home pharmacy. Painted orange with pattern. Small stock of simple medicines and bandages that can be used without consulting a doctor. Wentzel and Schlewig. Cape Town, c. 1920.

Belladonna is used in ointments that are applied to the skin for joint pain, pain along the sciatic nerve, and general nerve pain. sweating, and asthma, c. 1930.

Sodium citrate is mainly used as an expectorant and a urine alkanizer. Maker: Burroughs Wellcome & Company (1880-1895), c. 1940.

Empty glass bottle of thyroid pills. Bottle is elliptical, with a ringed neck and cork stopper. Main label is light green; the label on top of the cork is red. The main label describes the pills' contents and directions for use. Maker: Burroughs Wellcome & Company (1880-1895), c. 1950.

Mercurous chloride, a white powder formerly used as a purgative. Maker: Burroughs Wellcome & Company (1880-1895), c. 1950.

Treatment of falciparum (malignant tertian) malaria, c. 1950.

Hewlitt's chloform drop bottle. Glass bottle and cap. In black container with lid, c. 1920.

Eye-shaped cup for irrigating eye and removing contaminants, c. 1935.

Pituitary extract, bovine (PEX) is an extract of bovine pituitary tissue containing growth factors, c. 1950.

Novarsenobillon was the trade name under which the drug was marketed by May & Baker, the active ingredient being neoarsphenamine. It was used in the treatment of syphilis, c. 1940.

Camphor is a waxy, white crystalline solid substance. Its terpenoid is originally obtained by distillation of bark from camphor tree. Yellow painted tin. Maker: Heynes Mathew, Cape Town, c. 1950.

Ointment jars. Blue earthenware, c. 1910.

Ointment jars. Blue earthenware, c. 1910.

Ointment jars, c. 1910.

(a) Wooden case (with key)
(b) Saw (in one metal handle)
(c) Catlin (in one metal handle)
(d) Cartilage knife (in one metal handle)
(e) Chisel (in one metal handle)
(f) Set of 3 sharp hooks with chain
(g) Single- edged knives, solid-forged (3)
(h) Scissors, fine pointed
(i) Dissection forceps
(j) Packet of needles
(k) Blowpipe, c. 1910.

Material: Wood, brass, ivory, vulcanite. Colour: Brown, brass, cream, red. Maker: A. Young . Edinburgh c. 1860. (a) Wooden case lined with purple velvet
(b) Brass enema syringe (3 parts)
(c) Tube with brass nozzle & vulcanite tip
(d) Tube with brass nozzles
(e) Ivory tips (2), c. 1860.

Medicine tumbler -- cup for patient's medicine. With minimum-measure in case, c. 1935.

Case badly damaged. (a) Leatherette-covered case
(b) Syringe -- glass & metal
(c) Needles, c. 1880.