1852-1 - Pocket Case of Homeopathic Apothecary

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1852-1 - Pocket Case of Homeopathic Apothecary

This is a pocket-sized case made of faux black leather. The lid is separate from the main box. Inside, there is “The Homeopathic Guide for Family Use”, a book with a black cover and gold detailing. The box also contains 24 individual slots, lined with red velvet, each designed to hold a glass bottle of homeopathic globules made from various chemicals. Two of these slots are empty as the bottles are missing. Each bottle is made of clear glass and sealed with a cork stopper. They each have a white label with black ink writing, indicating the name and number of the contents. The box’s lid houses a small, combined spoon and spatula for collecting and measuring the globules. The maker’s name, “Leath & Ross 9, Vere Street and 5, St. Paul’s Churchyard”, is displayed on the lid. James Leath, who published “Laurie’s Domestic Medicine”, established Leath & Ross, making the company the first manufacturers of homeopathic medicines in Britain.

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Reference Number: MIMM/1852-1

Date: 1850-1899

Creator Name: Leath&Ross, Homeopathic Chemists, [1855-]

Copyright: Free to use under the terms of the Creative Commons Licence Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Credit Line: Royal College of Physicians of Ireland

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