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Mersalyl B.D.H. : the sodium salt of salicyl-(y-hydroxymercuri-β-methoxypropyl) amid-O-acetic acid.
Date: [between 1940 and 1949?]- Books
[The astringent action of salicylic acid : letter] to the Editor of the Edinburgh medical journal / John A. Erskine Stuart.
Stuart, John A. Erskine.Date: 1877- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence and papers relating to SED (salicylic ester of ethylene chlorhydrin), a product promoted for the relief of rheumatic and other pain
Date: 1928-1952Reference: SA/MOR/E.5Part of: Morson, Thomas Newborn Robert (1799-1874); Thomas Morson & Son Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Note on 'solicitate' of soda as a treatment for rheumatism and gout
Date: pre 1877Reference: SA/HEB/E/2/7Part of: Heberden Collection- Digital Images
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Gaultheria procumbens Kalm Ericaeae. Wintergreen, teaberry, boxberry, chickerberry. Distribution: North American forests. Named for French physician/botanist Jean Francois Gaultier (1708-1756). Physician to the French King, emigrated to Quebec in 1742. Researched flora of North America, died of typhus (Oakeley, 2012). Source of oil of wintergreen. Ten pounds of oil can be extracted from a ton of leaves. Toxic effects: Stupidity, swelling of the tongue, food craving, epigastric tenderness, vomiting, dyspnoea, hot skin, tachycardia, restlessness (MiIlspaugh, 1974). Active chemical is methyl salicylate. Used topically for musculo-skeletal conditions, it is converted to salicylic acid when absorbed. Excess use has caused a death. Salicylic acid is also used for warts and corns (first described by Dioscorides in 70CE)
Dr Henry Oakeley- Books
Diary 1916 (leap year) : with the compliments of / The Maltine Manufacturing Company, Limited and Carnrick & Company, Limited.
Maltine Manufacturing Company.Date: [1915]- Books
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On the failure of salicyl-compounds in the treatment of acute rheumatism accompanied with inflammation of the genito-urinary mucous membranes : a paper read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society on the 6th of July 1881 with some additional observations on the character and nature of the disease / by Thomas R. Fraser.
Date: 1885- Books
On the failure of the salicyl-compounds in the treatment of acute rheumatism accompanied with inflammation of the genito-urinary mucous membranes : a paper read before the Medico-Chirurgical Society on the 6th of July 1881 with some additional observations on the character and nature of the disease / by Thomas R. Fraser.
Fraser, Thomas R. (Thomas Richard), Sir, 1841-1920.Date: 1885- Pictures
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A brush cleaning a brick wall with the aid of Cylotropine liquid, advertising Schering Cylotropina disinfectant medicine. Lithograph after Leonhard Fries.
Fries, Leonhard F. W., 1883-1953.Date: 1900-1999Reference: 570983i- Archives and manuscripts
Smith, T & H - 'Somers'
Date: 1944-1986Reference: PP/MLV/C/19/14Part of: Vogt, Dr Marthe Louise (1903-2003)- Archives and manuscripts
Developmental rejects
Date: 1951Reference: WF/M/P/07/04Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Menthofax
Date: c.1950Reference: WF/M/PL/193Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Glass plate negatives depicting personnel and scenes from the Dartford site
Date: 1947Reference: WF/M/I/H/02Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Digital Images
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Salix Phylicifolia, Willow
Sue Snell- Pictures
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A rheumatism patient uses an electrical machine called the Galvanoset to administer drugs. Photograph, ca. 1925.
Date: 1925Reference: 565754i- Archives and manuscripts
"Wellcome Cocaine Hydrochlor. BP" (empty bottle)
Date: 1948Reference: WF/M/Obj/13Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Developmental rejects
Date: 1950Reference: WF/M/P/07/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Videos
Watchdog healthcheck : aspirin.
Date: 1998- Digital Images
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Salicin crystals
David Linstead- Archives and manuscripts
Research articles
Date: 1940sReference: SA/HEB/E/1/2Part of: Heberden Collection- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence re Tabloid department
Date: 1895 - 1928Reference: WF/CW/04/14Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Digital Images
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Viola tricolor 'Black Magic'
Dr Henry Oakeley- Archives and manuscripts
Phillip N H Wood papers
Wood, Phillip N HDate: 1960s - 1980sReference: PP/WOO- Pictures
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Lime juice for the treatment of scurvy, issued to soldiers on the British Front in Iraq. Photograph, 1914/1918.
Date: 1914-1918Reference: 568166i- Videos
The truth about medicine.
Date: 2015