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For sickness and health - medicine in the collection

Its not easy staying healthy, but past remedies may well have made you feel worse. Here is a small selection of items from the collection that look at medicine and healing at sea.

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Passenger testimonial for Doctor William Edward Young
Passenger testimonial for Doctor William Edward Young
c 1880
A Life on the Ocean Wave
A Life on the Ocean Wave
Valentine & Sons Publishing Company Limited
1920s
Wouldn't you like to try a bit o' dinner, Sir? There's a lovely leg o' pork.
Wouldn't you like to try a bit o' dinner, Sir? There's a lovely leg o' pork.
1909
Ship's medicine chest used by a Liverpool Captain
Ship's medicine chest used by a Liverpool Captain
c 1875
Quarantine Burial Ground, Port Jackson
Quarantine Burial Ground, Port Jackson
John Skinner Prout
1874
Vaccinating the native crew on board the P and O Co.'s RMS SUMATRA, at Port Phillip Heads
Vaccinating the native crew on board the P and O Co.'s RMS SUMATRA, at Port Phillip Heads
Illustrated Adelaide News
1876
C.J Cahill Pharmacy medicine bottle
C.J Cahill Pharmacy medicine bottle
c 1926
Sketches of a trip round the Bay
Sketches of a trip round the Bay
Australasian Sketcher
19 February 1876
Chlorodyne made by Dakin Brothers, Druggists
Chlorodyne made by Dakin Brothers, Druggists
Dakin Brothers, Wholesale and Export Druggists
c 1880
The Whale Cure for Rheumatism in Australia
The Whale Cure for Rheumatism in Australia
William Ralston (1848 - 1911)
31 May 1902
Landing in Melbourne of passengers from Quarantine
Landing in Melbourne of passengers from Quarantine
Australasian Sketcher
1882
The fever ship at Quarantine
The fever ship at Quarantine
Australian Journal
23 November 1867
Report on the Sanatory Station for the Year 1862
Report on the Sanatory Station for the Year 1862
Chief Medical Officer of Victoria
1862
Holloway's Family Ointment
Holloway's Family Ointment
Thomas Holloway
1857
Clean bill of health for the crew of the JIREH SWIFT, San Francisco
Clean bill of health for the crew of the JIREH SWIFT, San Francisco
Deputy Collector of the Port of San Francisco
1864
Surgeon's case belonging to Dr John Coverdale
Surgeon's case belonging to Dr John Coverdale
David Stodart of London
1835
Medicine chest from the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
Medicine chest from the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
Sparks Treharne and Sons
1899
Womaton a Woman's Tonic
Womaton a Woman's Tonic
Womaton Limited
1908-1938
Fumigation pellet from the medicine chest of the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
Fumigation pellet from the medicine chest of the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
c 1899
Ceramic invalid feeding cup from the medicine chest of the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
Ceramic invalid feeding cup from the medicine chest of the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
c 1899
A Special Remedy. A statement by Dr. Cumpston : Influenza epidemic
A Special Remedy. A statement by Dr. Cumpston : Influenza epidemic
Dr John Howard Lidgett Cumpston
1916-1919
Tin of Peters' Pile Cure from the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
Tin of Peters' Pile Cure from the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
c 1899
Tube of toilet lanoline from the medicine chest of the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
Tube of toilet lanoline from the medicine chest of the SAMUEL PLIMSOLL
F H Faulding and Company
c 1899
Bone Saw, Surgeon’s Case
Bone Saw, Surgeon’s Case
David Stodart of London
1835