Tag: zinc
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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 by no means uncommon and has a long history. Sometimes eaten in times of desperate famine, earth eating (known as geophagy) is particularly associated with…
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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 surgical instrument makers, Laundy. Embalming syringes preserved the body by injecting chemicals such as arsenic or zinc chloride, normally via the arteries. This delayed inevitable…
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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 cray-fish as animal is about to change in its shell),”Sang Draco.V.” (Dragon’s blood), and “VITRIOL. COERUL.” (copper sulphate). Probably Spanish, 17th or 18th century. Wellcome…
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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. The firm advertised themselves as emulsion specialists and were based at 174-176 Grange Road, Bermondsey, London. Publication/Creation London : Baiss Brothers & Stevenson, 1912.
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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.
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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 Ponjuán and René Francisco], ca. 1995](https://allthis.dreamhosters.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/image-10.png)
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 Ponjuán and René Francisco], ca. 1995
Notes By multi-media Cuban-born artists Eduardo Ponjuán and René Francisco who work together according to similar poster found on http://fons.upv.es – Figure’s skirt is edged with a wooden ruler and outlined with rope forms;; her arms are painted and chalked to create a two-tone effect; white beads [?] divide her upper body and painted white…
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Description When placed next to the skin, the copper and zinc chains produced a mild electric current. The current was said to treat aches and pains in the joints and muscles (rheumatism) and the nerves (neuralgia). The chains were also recommended for sexual and reproductive problems. Isaac Louis Pulvermacher invented this device in the 1850s…
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Brown glass bottle of phosphorus, zinc and strychnine pills,
Description Not much is known about why someone would take these pills. Strychnine is a stimulant for the central nervous system and may have been used to treat nerve disorders. High doses of this plant extract are poisonous. The pills are coated with gelatine so they are easy to swallow. maker: Parke, Davis and Company…
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Galvanic anti-neuralgic headband made up of a series of 24 alternate zinc and copper discs mounted onto a felt and ribbon band. The headband was tied around the head, with the discs resting on the temples, where perspiration would act on the discs by producing a mild galvanic current
Galvanic anti-neuralgic headband made up of a series of 24 alternate zinc and copper discs mounted onto a felt and ribbon band. The headband was tied around the head, with the discs resting on the temples, where perspiration would act on the discs by producing a mild galvanic current
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Tube of tuberculin jelly, London, England, 1955
This jelly may have been used to conduct a test to see whether a person has been exposed to bacteria-causing tuberculosis. This test, called the ‘Fluorpa-per test’, was introduced in 1936. A 20 mm high “V” was applied in jelly on the left hand side of the spine. Once the skin was sanded with a…
