MEDICAL CHEST and contents, Canning Stock Route Expedition

Medical Chest and contents, 1] Plain wooden dovetailed medical chest with hinged lid, wooden laminated exterior has metal key latch on lower front half of box. Green felt lines inside lid, wooden dividers create compartments to store medical supplies.
2] Removable wooden inner box without lid, sits on top of compartments, inside bottom lined with green felt. Underneath box, centrally placed, discoloured white label 'MRS BATESON/ PERTH' hand written in ink. Above label written in red pen, 'DR MAY'S HANDWRITING'.
3] Bottle, clear blue tinted powder bottle with glass stopper, 'GREGORY'S POWDER' printed on label on shoulder of bottle, 'GREGORY'S POWDER/ F.H. FAULDING & CO., Chemists,/ 5 RUNDLE STREET, AND AT PORT ADELAIDE'. Loose beige coloured powder contained in bottle.
4] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper, 'LAUDANAM' label on shoulder of bottle obscured by dark brown staining, 'LAUDANUM. - POISON./ F.H. FAULDING & CO., Chymists,/ 5 RUNDLE STREET, AND AT PORT ADELAIDE' on central white label. Bottle contains smeared brown traces of contents, possibly Laudanum?.
5] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper, label printed on shoulder of bottle partially obscured by staining, 'TINCTURE OF IPECECUAUHA/F.H. FAULDING & CO., Chymists,..' on lower label. Traces of tincture still visible at base and in stopper.
6] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper,shoulder label partially missing, 'TINCTURE OF IODINE/F.H. FAULDING & CO., ...' on lower label. Traces of brown tincture on lower half of bottle.
7] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper,shoulder label partially missing, 'STEEL DROPS/F.H. FAULDING & CO., ..'. Dark brown liquid in bottom quarter of bottle.
8] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper, hand written label on shoulder of bottle, 'TINCTURE OF ACONITE/F.H. FAULDING & CO., ...'on lower label. Three quarters of dark coloured Aconite? solution remains.
9] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper, string tied around neck of bottle, 'GOULDARD'S DROPS/F.H. FAULDING & CO., .....' on lower label. Bottle almost full of separated liquid, clear yellow coloured fluid on top half and white chalky substance on lower half.
10] Bottle, clear blue tinted glass, shoulder label stained, 'CARBOLIC ACID/ FOR MEDICINAL USES/ As a Caustic, with instructions/ As a Lotion, with instructions/F. H. FAULDING & CO.....', bottom section of label missing. Dark brown residue in base of bottle.
11] Bottle, round clear glass with glass stopper, 'SELS ANGLAIS/SMELLING SALTS/ROGER & GALLET/PARIS', on green label. Bottle half full of peach coloured crystals.
12] Bottle, squat clear glass with glass stopper. Brown residue inside bottle.
13] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper, shoulder label missing, ''SULPHATE of ZINC - POISON/F.H. FAULDING & CO., .....' on lower label. Small amount of white powder set in base of bottle.
14] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper, shoulder label, 'S.P. SAL VOLATILE' on shoulder label, 'SPIRIT OF SAL VOLATILE/ F.H. FAULDING & CO., .....' on lower label.
15] Bottle, slender clear with glass stopper, 'PAREGORIC ELIXIR' on shoulder and lower label/ 'F.H. FAULDING & CO., .....' . Inside bottle stained with residue.
16] Bottle, clear with glass stopper, 'stops bleeding' (hand written) above 'TINCTURE OF ARNICA/ chloride of Iron (hand written in ink)/ F.H. FAULDING & CO., ... '. 'FOR EXTERNAL APPLICATION' on label at base of bottle, small amount of dark brown fluid inside.
17] Bottle, clear glass with broken cork stopper, 'LEMON' on neck of bottle, 'FINEST FLAVORING/POISON (hand painted)/ESSENCE' on lower label. Small amount of white powder in base of bottle.
18] Bottle, clear glass with decorative cut glass stopper. Brown residue in base of bottle.
19] Jar, white ceramic with light brown wooden stopper. Two piece stopper, base unscrews from flat disc like top to reveal a hollow container.
20] Measuring cup, metal, 'BRITISH MADE/ LYSOL' on one side, 'TABLE-SPOON/ DESERT-SPOON/ TEA-SPOON', next to measurng scale on other side of cup. 'LYSOL/ Ltd/ LONDON' on base.
21] Corkscrew, small metal with circular metal wire hand.
22] Corkscrew, small metal with circular metal wire hand.
23] Glass stopper, clear.
24] Tabacco tin, metal, 'HAVELOCK/ FLAKE/ Cut/ PURE VIRGINIA TABACCO' on yellow coloured hinged lid. Contains used brown coloured soap bar.
25] Bottle, clear glass with black bakelite ? lid, 'EADE'S/ TRADE MARK' with design/ 20 PILLS on either side of trademark, 'RHEUMATIC/ and GOUT PILLS' on white label. Cotton wool inside neck of bottle.
26] Candle holder, small, gold coloured, in two pieces that hinges on one side. Contains white discoloured candle.
27] Cardboard box, small blue with white label, 'The ARNOLDINE/ MEDICINE DROPPER/ TRADEMARK/ DR. ARNOLD, LONDON'. Contains one x clear glass medicine dropper, one x short glass dropper encased within a cork plug, two x natural fibre brushes with semi opague hollow handles (possibly made from feather quills).
28] Cushion, small red fabric with needles and pins.
29] Ceramic tray, small white rectangular with brown powdery residue in corners.
30] Powder, wrapped in paper.

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