Circulars Book 5

  • Burroughs, Wellcome & Company Limited
Date:
1904-1905
Reference:
WF/M/GB/01/06
Part of:
Wellcome Foundation Ltd
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Description

The Guard Book is indexed at the front of the volume. Pages 171 onwards are blank. For details of abbreviations / terms please see series description for Circulars.

The volume has been conserved, items have been removed from the original guard book and remounted in sleeves and ringbinders. This enables researchers to read items without damage to the original. The original order has been retained. The original page number has been retained and is indicated at the top right hand corner. Due to the size of the original guard book it has been split into 3 albums. Album 1 = Index and pp.1-65 Album 2 = pp.66-122 Album C = pp.123-170

Should readers wish to consult items which are folded (such as folded leaflets or pamphlets) they must approach the Poynter Room Supervisor first.

Inside the front cover of this volume, on the frontispage, is a sticker (partially removed) indicating that the volume was used as an exhibit in court, "In the High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, Mr Justice Farwell. In the matter of an application by the Capsuloid Company Limited for the registration of a trade-mark no. 276531 'Tablones, they remove the cause.'"Exhibit A E W 2.

The Guard Book contains items as follows (with page numbers):

A&S FORM 133 (x6, two actually described as Application and Suggestion forms, four 'Chemist's Diary' 1907, two 'Medical Diary' 1907) ABOUT BARLEY (KEPLER MALT EXTRACT PROMOTIONAL LEAFLET) 76 ABRIDGED LIST OF FINE PRODUCTS 1905-6 136 (connected to Liege exhibition awards 1904), 160 (connected to St Louis exhibition awards) ADVERTISING MEDIA LIST 46 (1 Apr 1905), 58 (1 May 1905), 70 (1 Jun 1905), 96 (1 Aug 1905), 100 (1 Jul 1905), 118 (x2, 'Home and Colonial', one 1 Sep 1905, one 2 Oct 1905), 121 (Foreign, 2 Oct 1905), 122 (Foreign, 1 Sep 1905), 150 ('Home and Colonial', 1 Nov 1905), 157 ('Foreign', 1 Nov 1905), 168 ('Home & Colonial', 1 Dec 1905), 170 ('Foreign', 1 Dec 1905) ANTIPYRETICS AND ANTIPERIODICS 28, 30 (x2, slightly different) ANTISERUMS: WELLCOME BRAND: DIRECTIONS FOR USE 75 ANTITOXIN TREATMENT OF DIPHTHERIA 153 (with image of Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories on reverse), 164 (instructions for the administration of the serum) APERITIFS, STOMACHIQUES ET LAXATIFS 52 (in French) APPROVED PREPARATIONS 110 (general BW&Co promotional leaflet for use in India)

BRIEF NOTES ON FINE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS FOR COLONIAL USE 22 (including on Kepler Malt Extract)

CASCARA SAGRADA 38 (with other products, in German), 76 (other products included, in Italian), 142 (in colour) CHLOROFORM 3, 22 (with note about prizes awarded to BW&Co at St Louis exhibition on reverse), 97, 103 (in French), 129, 137

DARTRING LANOLINE TOILET POWDER 2 ('Farmyard series', with cut out animals), 32 (x2, one tube, one for powder), 48 (x2, 'Farmyard series', self-assembly farm models), 49 (x2, 'Farmyard series', self-assembly farm models)

ENULE RECTAL SUPPOSITORIES 16, 71 (x2, slightly different), 72 (prob. for use in Australia), 143, 146 ENVELOPES - BW&Co 107 (with London return address on reverse), 142 (x3, one each with return addresses in London, Sydney and Cape Town) EXPLORERS: 'FURTHEST NORTH AND FURTHEST SOUTH: A RECORD OF THE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OF ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS' 106 (heavy on BW&Co products) (inc expeditions by Jackson-Harmsworth, Nansen, Peary, Wellman, Duke of Abruzzi, and others) ERNUTIN 167

GLYCEROPHOSPHATES 74 (in French)

HAZELINE AND PREPARATIONS 145 (x2, one for South Africa), 153 (inc on Borofax, Phenofax and Saxin) HAZELINE CREAM 75 (in German), 143 (x2, both in German), 159 (x2, one in French, one in German) HAZELINE DISTILLED HAMAMELIS VIRGINIANA 136 HAZELINE SNOW 75 (in German), 130, 143 (x2, both in German), 159 (x3, one in French, one in German), 162 (x3, one in Italian, one in Spanish), 168 (in German) HEMISINE 68, 74, 88 (x2, one South Africa, one Australia, envelope style), 90 (x2, one envelope style, one booklet in Spanish), 92 (in French), 131 (in Spanish), 134 (in Italian), 147 (x2, in German), 148 (in Italian) HEMISINE IN DENTAL PRACTICE 26, 54 HEMISINE PREPARATIONS: PRICE LIST 67 (x4, two English, one Spanish, one French), 70 HYPODERMIC PRODUCTS: DIRECTIONS FOR USE 97 (in Italian) HYPODERMIC MEDICATION 38 (in French), 92 (in Italian), 116 (USA), 136 (x2, one French, one Spanish), 162 (in Italian)

IN DENTAL PRACTICE (promotes numerous BW&Co products) 54, 108, 120 INTERESTING PRODUCTS FOR VETERINARY PRACTICE 106 (includes list of (mainly Tabloid) products that could be used by veterinary practitioners) IRON 76 (leaflet in Italian, inc on Blaud pill), 134 (for USA, inc on Blaud pill)

KEPLER COD LIVER OIL WITH MALT EXTRACT 1 KEPLER MALT EXTRACT 12 (in Spanish), 16, 27 (in Spanish, described as 'Emulsion'), 163 (in Spanish, with Kepler Solution (of Cod Liver Oil & Malt Extract) on reverse, 166 (in German) KEPLER MALT EXTRACT AND COMBINATIONS 146 KEPLER MALT EXTRACT WITH HYPOPHOSPHITES 70 (in Spanish) KEPLER MALT PRODUCTS 26, 162 (in French) KEPLER SOLUTION AND COMBINATIONS 146 (for USA)

LIST OF PREPARATIONS OF BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO, LONDON, SUPPLIED BY EMILIO KENTZLER, ITURBIDE DRUG STORES, CALLE 1A, DE SAN FRANCISCO, MEXICO DF 27 LIST OF PREPARATIONS OF BURROUGHS WELLCOME & CO, LONDON, SUPPLIED BY J LABADIE SUCRS, Y CIA, MEXICO DF 29 LIST OF PROMINENT PREPARATIONS 59 (mentioning a number of products including Hazeline, Tabloid & Soloid brand), 66 (in Italian), 132 (mentioning a number of products including Hazeline, Tabloid & Soloid brand), 146 (a variety of products) LOCAL ANAESTHESIA: THE INFILTRATION METHOD 20

MALLEIN 75 (explanatory leaflet) MEDICINAL ANIMAL SUBSTANCES 30 (x2, slightly different), 36, 108 (in French), 139 (in German), 152 (x3, in German), 153, 154 (in German)

NUTRITION IN EXHAUSTION, SICKNESS & CONVALESCENCE 36 (x3, each slightly different)

OPTHALMIC MEDICATION 18 (booklet mentions many medications), 28 (Spanish), 116 (USA), 117 (in German, medication for "die Augenpraxis") OPTHALMIC PRODUCTS: DIRECTIONS FOR USE 97 (in Italian)

PHOTOGRAPHIC SIDELINES 50, 54 (x2, slightly different) PLEATED BANDAGES AND DRESSINGS 113, 130 ('blotting pad & bookmark) PLEATED COMPRESSED SANITARY TOWELS PRACTICAL RADIOGRAPHY 28 (x2, slightly different), 34 (x2, slightly different) PRICE LIST ADDENDA FOR REGULAR GOODS 105 (Aug 1905, for use in India) PRICE LIST ALTERATION SLIP 85 (x2, both 17 Aug 1905, changes in prices of Tabloid Photographic Chemicals, one points out new minimum retail prices) PRICE LIST ENVELOPE 69 (Italian, for use by Milan office) PRICE LIST ERRATUM SLIP 27 (for 1905 Price List) PRICE LIST FOR FINISHED PRODUCTS 4 (Supplement for 1905, printed in French for exposition of St Louis in 1904) PRICE LIST FOR HEMISINE PRODUCTS 135 (in Italian), 149 (x2, both in German, though one for Austria-Hungary) PRICE LIST FOR TABLOID PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTS 117 (in French), 120 (for Belgium, in French), 129 (x3, all in German), 131 (x2, in French), 135 (x2, in Italian) PRICE LIST FOR WELLCOME BRAND CHEMICALS 42 (x3, one each from Australia, New Zealand & Africa, Jan-Apr 1905), 44 (x3, each slightly different, one for retail only, one for wholesale only, Apr 1905), 56 (x2, Apr 1905, one Australia edition, one New Zealand edition), 58 (Dec 1904), 68 (Jun 1905, Canadian edition), 72 (Jul 1905, African edition), 86 (x3, Jul 1905, all three slightly different, one for wholesale only), 98 (x2, Jul 1905, one Australia, one New Zealand), 100 (Aug 1905, Indian edition), 114 (x3: Oct 1905, African edition; 1905, Italian edition; Jul 1905, New Zealand edition), 132 (x3, all Oct 1905, one for Wholesale trade only), 160 (African edition, Jan 1906)

RECORD OF QUININE 29 (loose, to record drug taken against Malarial fever, 1905)

SERUMS AND SERUM THERAPY 94 (x3, one South Africa, one Australia) SOLOID 'HEMISINE' COMPOUND WITH EUCAINE 20 SOLOID MICROSCOPIC STAINS 1, 18, 46 (in Italian), 162 (for Australia), 165 (x2, one for use in South Africa) SOLOID PRODUCTS 50, 52 (x2, slightly different), 70 (in Spanish), 164 SOLOID PRODUCTS FOR EMERGENCY USE 62 (x2, one in French, one in German), 116 (USA) SOLOID PRODUCTS FOR OPTHALMIC USE 1 SOLOID WATER & SEWAGE ANALYSIS CASE 1 STANDARDISED LIQUID AND GRANULAR EXTRACTS 129 SUBCUTANE MEDICATION 76 (in German) SUPPLEMENTARY PRICE LIST 22 (Feb 1905), 31 (Australian edition, 1905), 42 (for Wellcome brand chemicals x2, slightly different, Feb 1905), 44 (Apr 1905), 86 (Jul 1905), 96 (Aug 1905, Indian edition), 120 (Oct 1905)

TABLOID BLAUD PILL AND COMBINATIONS 145 TABLOID CASCARA AND COMBINATIONS 50 (x2, slightly different), 52 TABLOID COFFEE-MINT 2 (in French and Arabic) TABLOID MEDICINAL SYRUPS 1(including Easton Syrup) TABLOID MEDICINE CHESTS AND CASES 150 (supplement to Wellcome's Medical Diary 1906) TABLOID OPTHALMIC PRODUCTS 16 TABLOID PASTILLES 131 TABLOID PHOTOGRAPHIC CHEMICALS 3 (in German), 6 (in German), 8 x3 (one each in Spanish, Italian and French), 10 x 3 (two in French, one in German), 12 x 2 (one in Italian, one in ? Portugese), 20 (in Italian), 57 (x3, letters to accompany chemicals, to promote product, as part of promotion etc.), 76 (in Italian, red & black image on cover), 116 (in French, red & black image on cover), 143 (red &black image on cover), 144 (in German, red & black image on cover), 148 (x2, one in Italian, one in German with red & black image on cover), 149 (in Italian), 158 (in Italian) TABLOID PHOTOGRAPHIC OUTFIT 63 (envelope), 117 (flyer, selling for 5/-), 129, 149 (flyer, selling for 5/-), 150 (cardboard) TABLOID PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER CHEMICALS 20 (in German) TABLOID PILLS AND TINCTURES 92 (x2), 94 TABLOID PREPARATIONS OF MERCURY 59 (listing a number of products) TABLOID PRODUCTS 18 (general leaflet, in Arabic), 26 (general, entitled 'Methods of Today', for Durno's Chemists, Sydney, Australia), 61 ('Some Notable Tabloid Brand Products', mainly chemicals), 147 (in French) TABLOID QUININE, CAMPHOR & ACONITE 26 TABLOID STROPHANTHUS 134 TABLOID THYROID 64 (in German, with mention of other products on reverse) THERAPEUTIC NOTES 62 (including on Tabloid & Soloid brand products, in German), 66 (for Tabloid brand products), 98 (in Italian), 113 (for use in USA, including on Tabloid & Soloid brand products), 144 (endorsed in red 'propaganda for travelling representatives' and cover struck through, mainly Tabloid products), 161 (in German, mainly Tabloid products) THYROID GLAND 14, 129 (in Italian), 130, 144 (in German), 164 (in Italian), 164 (x2 in German)

WELLCOME BRAND PRODUCTS 34 (in French), 38, 103 (in French), 131 (in Italian), 163 (in Italian, for Tinctures and liquid extracts, inc Belladonna and Cascara Sagrada) WOOD'S CITY PHOTOGRAPHIC STORES [LONDON] FLYER 53 (1905, advertises Tabloid products)

The following are included, not directly related to published literature about products etc.:

AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER HOLIDAY COMPETITION CARD 45 APPEAL FOR VETERINARY EXHIBITS FOR HISTORICAL MEDICAL EXHIBITION BY HENRY S WELLCOME 51 A S WATSON & COMPANY, SPECIAL DEPOTS IN CHINA FOR THE FINE PRODUCTS OF BW&CO 159 (flyer)

BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN SOUTH AFRICA: MEETING: OFFER OF OFFICE FACILITIES 80 (offices in Cape Town) CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY RECORD OF QUININE 144 (1 Jan 1906 - 31 Dec 1906)

DINNER TO ROBERT CLAY SUDLOW, GENERAL MANAGER OF BW&CO, ACCOUNT OF EVENTS 138 (14 Sep 1905)

EASTER HOLIDAY CLOSURE NOTICE 1905 45 ENVELOPE: HAROLD E MATTHEWS, PHARMACIST, CLIFTON 61

FUNERAL SERVICE FOR DR BARNARDO 140 (x3, inc note of day's programme, tributes, note of travel arrangements, 27 Sep 1905)

GIVEAWAY COVERING ENVELOPE 109 (x2, one Italian, ona Australian Medical congress lecture notes, both 1905), 110 (Leicester Medical Lore), 111 (x2, one Medical Memorandum Book 1906, one German), 112 (Wellcome medical book, French), 123 (x2, Wellcome Chemist's Diary 1906, Wellcome Medical Memoranda (in Italian) 1905), 124 (x3, Wellcome Chemist's Diary 1906 (for Australia), Wellcome Chemist's Diary 1906, Wellcome Chemist's Diary 1906 (for South Africa)), 125 (x2, Wellcome's Medical Diary & Visiting List 1906 (for Australia), Wellcome's Medical Diary & Visiting List 1906 (for South Africa)), 126 (x2, both Wellcome's Medical Diary & Visiting List 1906), 127 (x2, both in German, both lists of preparations, one for Vienna)

HISTORICAL MEDICAL EXHIBITION - COVERING LETTER FOR NURSES FLYER BY HENRY S WELLCOME 53 HISTORICAL MEDICAL EXHIBITION - ENVELOPE 104 (in French), 141 (x4, two in Italian, two in German), 161 (in German) HISTORICAL MEDICAL EXHIBITION - FLYER AND PRINTS OF SHEN-NUNG AND FU-SHI, AND REQUESTS FOR HELP LOCATING IMAGES FOR EXHIBITION 137 (x3, one print in colour) HISTORICAL MEDICAL EXHIBITION - REQUEST FOR HELP WITH 'HISTORICAL OR MYTHOLOGICAL PERSONAGES ASSOCIATED WITH MEDICINE' AND RELATED ARTICLES BY HENRY S WELLCOME 119 (2 Oct 1905)

ITALIAN OFFICE: ORDERING STATIONERY 77 ITALIAN OFFICE: ACCOUNT RECONCILIATION STATIONERY 78 ITALIAN OFFICE: HEADED NOTEPAPER 134 ITALIAN OFFICE: PROMOTIONAL LETTERS FROM OFFICE, MILAN 73 (x2, in Italian), 79 (Jun 1905, in Italian)

LABELS FOR USA BOOK BOX 116 (this is blank, description was on original guard book paper) LIEGE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 101 (x3, 1905, promoting BW&Co presence, two German, one French), 102 (French), 104 (envelope for the exhibition, in French), 113 (x2, in Italian), 128 (booklet of descriptive notes on BW&Co products, in French, printed with purple front cover, 1905) 'LITTLE THINGS AND PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY' 63 (notes on a lecture)

'MANDRAGORA', BY HENRY S WELLCOME 38 (1904) METRIC SYSTEM OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 60

NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY CONVENTION SOUVENIR PROGRAMME 24 (Jan 1905. The convention was held at the Wellcome Club & Institute, Dartford) NURSING SECTION (IN HISTORICAL MEDICAL EXHIBITION) 18 (loose in volume)

PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS 151 (x4, plates 11-14 of a booklet: plates show The Lake in the Arboretum, Kew Gardens; Interior of Succulent House, Kew Gardens; Temperate House, Kew Gardens; Interior of Temperate House, Kew Gardens), 155 (x4, plates 15-18 of a bookle: plates show Herbarium and Library, Kew Gardens; Main Entrance to the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens in Regent's Park; Plan of the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, The Lake in the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens), 156 (x3, plates 19-21 of a booklet: plates show Secretary's House and Museum, Royal Botanic Society's Gardens; Gentiana Lutea L, Growing in the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens; Veratrum Viride Soland, Growing in the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens) POSTPONEMENT OF OPENING OF HISTORICAL MEDICAL EXHIBITION 18 (cyclo-style signed by HSW, loose in volume) PRIZE COMPETITION FOR PURCHASERS OF WELLCOME'S P E R AND DIARY, 1906 146 'PUBLIC HEALTH' ENVELOPE 161 (has London return address and pencil comment, presumably used for promotional purposes)

QUARTER CENTURY COMMEMORATION [OF BW&CO] AND VISIT OF SOCIETY OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY: PROGRAMME 84 (x2, event held at Wellcome Club & Institute, Dartford, 15 Jul 1905)

ST. LOUIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1904 115 (x3, indicated prizewinning calibre of BW&Co entries, one in Italian, two in German) SERUM ORDERS: TELEGRAPHIC CODES 148 SHORT NOTES ON MEDICINES THE USE OF WHICH IS SPECIAL AND APPROPRIATE TO TROPICAL [CONDITIONS?] 17 (handwritten notes) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO BRUGES 62 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO BRUGES AND FLANDERS 62 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO SOUTH HOLLAND 82 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO RHINE VALLEY & AHRGAU 82 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO ROTTERDAM AND DELFT 82 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO VALLEY OF THE MEUSE AND LIEGE EXHIBITION 82 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO VALLEY OF THE MOSELLE 82 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse) SOUTH LONDON PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY: PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCURSION TO ZEELAND 82 (includes advertisement for Tabloid brand photographic chemicals on reverse)

TABLOID PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 45 (1905, for negs developed with Tabloid Pyro-metol developer, entry forms from Pitchford chemists, Bristol), 55 (Mar 1905, letter from HSW pushing the competition to the trade), 56 (leaflet and entry form, 1905) TABLOID TRADEMARK NOTE 68 (in German) TELEPHONE NUMBER: NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES 55, 61 (July 1904)

WALES - BOOKLET 32 (in German), 60 (in Italian) WELLCOME CHEMICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES 102 (in French, booklet including some photographs) WELLCOME PHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES 128 (in French, includes drawings of Labs, made for Liege exhibition), 141 (includes notes on exhibit at St Louis exhibition, loose in volume), 166 (notice of discontinutation of diagnostic work and its transfer to Dr Bousfield, inscribed 'Dr Dowson', 2 Dec 1905)

Publication/Creation

1904-1905

Physical description

3 boxes

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Copyright assigned to the Wellcome Trust

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Please see main WF collection description (ref. 'WF').

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