Medicine chest covered in leather and lined with red velvet containing a small scoop and 30 labelled glass vials of homoeopathic medicines, British, c. 1870-1930. [4052×3049]
Medicine chest covered in leather and lined with red velvet containing a small scoop and 30 labelled glass vials of homoeopathic medicines, British, c. 1870-1930. [4052×3049]
“medicines”
Work as well as the day they where thumped on a leather bound book towards earth center….
Harry_Iconic_Jr on
Wish you could see the labels. The modern pharmaceutical buff might optimistically see laudanum in the bottle in the top row, third from the left…..
edit: ok, next over is probably arnica, then belladonna….mercury in the bottom row. probably others could fill in the blanks.
pjm3 on
“Homeopathic Chemist” Hahahaha!
It’s amazing this charlatanism has persisted since the quack Samuel Hahnemann first proposed it in 1796.
The complete idiocy of “Like cures like.” and “Dilution increases potency.” should have tipped people off that it was worthless back in 1796, and ended it then. Instead we still have asshats peddling this garbage even today.
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Source: Wellcome Collection.
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“medicines”
Work as well as the day they where thumped on a leather bound book towards earth center….
Wish you could see the labels. The modern pharmaceutical buff might optimistically see laudanum in the bottle in the top row, third from the left…..
edit: ok, next over is probably arnica, then belladonna….mercury in the bottom row. probably others could fill in the blanks.
“Homeopathic Chemist” Hahahaha!
It’s amazing this charlatanism has persisted since the quack Samuel Hahnemann first proposed it in 1796.
The complete idiocy of “Like cures like.” and “Dilution increases potency.” should have tipped people off that it was worthless back in 1796, and ended it then. Instead we still have asshats peddling this garbage even today.