a - "LAXETTE" tin. 2 pce. (lid not attached). Silver with impress lettering (no colour, war-time model?): "GENUINE / 'LAXETTES' / FOR / CONSTIPATION". b - "EUMENTHOL JUJUBES" for sore throat & lungs etc. Tin used for something else later. c - "NYAL / FIGSEN / THE GENTLE LAXATIVE / FOR CONSTIPATION / NYAL CO SYDNEY". Directions on back. These patent medicines would have been administered for colds and constipation in course if nursing patients at KRH, c.1920-1940+.
Department:
History DepartmentCollection
History Collection
Collection Item Data
| Accession Number: | H1989.366.a-c |
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| Accession Date: | 16 May 1989 |
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