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  • A doctor with a garland of pill boxes, bottles and a clyster pipe; a publican with pipes, different bottles and a punch bowl. Etching after T. Rowlandson.
  • A physician with a garland of bottles, pill boxes and a clyster-pipe. Coloured etching after T. Rowlandson.
  • Inlayers' workshop: inlaying of various designs on snuff-boxes, and a selection of boring tools used. Etching by Bénard after Lucotte.
  • Infant's feeding bottle, rubber teats and box
  • Glass infant's feeding bottle, rubber teats and box
  • Glass infant's feeding bottle, rubber teats and box
  • A box, a bottle and a tube for ointment, pills and tablets. Pen and pencil drawing by E. Hodgkin, ca. 1969.
  • A box, a bottle and a tube for ointment, pills and tablets. Pen and pencil drawing by E. Hodgkin, ca. 1969.
  • Phrenological snuff-box. The lid bears different views of the skull (anterior and lateral) with the Gall-Spurzheim areas marked out into 27 organs, each numbered. The key to these numbers is on the bottom of the box.
  • Some objects from the Musée Pharmacie: a small cabinet with pharmacy bottles and jars and a wooden box decorated with metal. Photograph.
  • A woman standing at her dressing table and arranging her bodice; upon the dressing table is a power box and puff, two perfume bottles and a mirror upon which perches a bird. Engraving by P.A. Le Beau after P.A. Baudouin.
  • A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.
  • A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.
  • A woman who has lost her hair is standing in front of a mirror with a wig in her hands, there are bottles and potions on the table by her and a box on the floor at her feet. Colour lithograph, 18--.
  • A cartoon-figure called 'Leo' juggles a video, a bottle, a condom, a syringe and a pill box while standing on a tight-rope above a crater against a starry night sky; advertising the 2nd 'Stop AIDS' festival in Mainz, 1990. Colour lithograph by Klaus.
  • An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.
  • An old woman with a tankard in one hand taking a pinch of snuff. Coloured engraving, early 19th century.
  • Specimens of stone and volcanic matter found on Mount Vesuvius, including lava enclosed in marble. Coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776.
  • The figure of a man with extra large head made up from cigars, pipes, tobacco leaves, etc. Coloured lithograph by T. Worth?, c. 1880.
  • Thirty tobacco-pipes from various countries of the world. Wood engraving, c. 1873, after J. T. Balcomb.
  • Fourteen pipes and smoking accessories from various countries. Wood engraving, ca. 1882.
  • A man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Coloured etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • One man vomits into a bowl as his companion lifts his wig and steadies the bowl. Etching by T. Sandars, 1773, after J. Collier.
  • Two men wearing revolving top hats with several attachments for optical aids and tobacco etc. Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1830.
  • Two men wearing revolving top hats with several attachments for optical aids and tobacco etc. Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1830.
  • Two men wearing revolving top hats with several attachments for optical aids and tobacco etc. Coloured etching by R. Seymour, 1830.
  • Dr. Pierre's dentifrices, 1885?
  • Set of labels from Stanley and Co. chemist shop, Leamington.
  • Transmission and risk factors: Occupational transmission
  • Mercifulness : Hudson's Extract of Soap is merciful to the clothes; it only removes the dirt, grease, and stains, leaving the linen behind- spotlessly white, wholesome and pure : Hudson's Soap.