Drug Collection (page 2)

Les Morphinees (The Morphine takers), Early 1880s
Les Morphine es (The Morphine takers), Early 1880s. Private Collection

Advertising poster of the drug Pellets of Dr. Mackenzy, 1908

Advertisements at Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945
Advertisements at Midland Bank, Cambridge Circus, Westminster, London, 1945. Building on the south east corner covered with advertisements for Black and White whisky

Weatherboard houses and shops on the Albert Embankment, Lambeth, London, 1900
Weatherboard houses and shops on the corner of Albert Embankment and Upper kennington lane, Lambeth, London, 1900. Shops advertising Beechams Pills, Liptons Tea and other items

Tobacco Leaves No. 1, pub. 1851 (hand coloured engraving)

Chinese opium smokers, 1843. Artist: Thomas Allom
Chinese opium smokers, 1843. From China in a Series of Views by George Newenham Wright

St Johns Wort, 1782. Artist: Elizabeth Blackwell
St Johns Wort, 1782. Extract of this plant is used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. Plate 15 from A Curious Herbal by Elizabeth Blackwell, published in 1782

An Apothecary, China, 1800. Artist: J Dadley
An Apothecary, China, 1800. Plate 28 from The Costume of China, by Major George Henry Mason, 1800

Morphinist (Detail), 1894. Found in the Collection of Museu Cau Ferrat

Movie poster The Morphine Takers. Private Collection

An Opium Den in San Francisco, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

The Opium Clipper Brig Anonyma in the Straits of Malacca, 1846. Artist: Norman Hill
The Opium Clipper Brig Anonyma in the Straits of Malacca, 1846. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1925]

An extraordinary bulletin by The London Gazette anouncing the death of King George V (1865-1936). By 20 January 1936 George V was close to death

Poppy, c19th century

A Night in an Opium Den, 1891
A Night in an Opium Den. Illustration From The Strand Magazine January-June 1891

Chinese opium smokers, 19th century

Advert for Beechams Pills, 1887. The pills were first introduced by Thomas Beecham in the early 1840s. A laxative, they were marketed as a cure for a whole multitude of ailments

Druggist, 16th century (1849). Artist: Jost Amman
Druggist, 16th century (1849). A 19th century version of an original 16th century engraving. From Le Moyen Age et la Renaissance, by Paul Lacroix, Ferdinand Sere and A Rivaud, Volume I (Paris, 1849)

In Bridewell beating hemp, plate IV of The Harlots Progress, 1833. Artist:s Davenport
In Bridewell beating hemp, plate IV of The Harlots Progress, 1833. Early 19th century version of a scene from Hogarths serieds of 1732; the harlot is now beating hemp in Bridewell Prison

The Last Supper from the Great Passion series, c1510, (1936). Artist: Albrecht Durer
The Last Supper from the Great Passion series, c1510, (1936). A print from Durer, Und Seine Zeit, by Wilhelm Waetzoldt, Grosse Phaidon Ausgabe, 1936

Gathering the Coca Plant (Erythroxylum coca) in Bolivia, 1877. Coca grows on mountain slopes in South America. Chewing the leaves mixed with lime acts with saliva to release the drug cocaine

Opium smoking in the East End of London, 1874. Artist: WB Murrey
Opium smoking in the East End of London, 1874. A notice on the wall refers to the imminent departure of a ship from London to Ceylon and Penang in the Far East

Morphiamania, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Morphiamania, 1891. A print from the Le Petit Journal, 21st February 1891

Be quick, they are waking up, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
Be quick, they are waking up, 1799. Plate 79 Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression and economic crisis in Spain

Rhubarb, 1823
Rhubarb, 19th century. Rhubarb (Rheum officinalis) was used medicinally as a laxative, a tonic and an astringent. From Nature Displayed by Simeon Shaw. (London, 1823)

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) (centre), c1885. Used in traditional herbal medicine, foxgloves are the natural source of digitalin, a powerful cardiac stimulant

The apothecary using pestle and mortar to prepare drugs, 1823. From The Book of English Trades. (London, 1823)

Professor Bergmann injecting a tuberculosis patient, 1891. Bergmann assisted Robert Koch (1843-1910) in investigations into the treatment of tuberculosis (TB)

Advertisement for Genasprin, a proprietary brand of the drug Aspirin. 1919. The active ingredient of aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, a derivative of salicylic acid

The apothecarys shop, Strasbourg, 1483. Artist: Johannis De Cuba
The apothecarys shop. From Johannis de Cuba Ortus Sanitatis, Strasbourg, 1483

Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea), 19th century. Foxgloves are a source of digitalis, used from Medieval times as an emetic and purgative

Cinchona (Jesuits or Peruvian Bark) 1795. A source of quinine, it was used as a febrifuge, particularly in the treatment of malaria. From A Key to Physic, by Ebenezer Sibly, (London, 1795)

Turkey Rhubarb, 1798
Turkey Rhubarb, c1798. Turkey Rhubarb (Rheum officinale) was a plant widely used as a cathartic. From A Key to Physic by Ebenezer Sibly, (London, c1798)

Smoking opium, mid 19th century. A Chinese woman smoking a pipe of opium, an addictive narcotic drug produced from the sap of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

The End of the Feast, c1895. Artist: Martin Anderson
The End of the Feast, c1895. A boy in bed shows his furred tongue to a doctor who feels the boys pulse. On the table is bottle of castor oil (Ricinus) which will be given as a laxative

French druggist and grocer, 16th century. In the foreground a boy uses a pestle and mortar to grind ingredients. In the right background a balance for weighing goods hangs over the counter

The Druggists Shop, 1568. Artist: Jost Amman
The Druggists Shop, 1568. The druggist is grinding down ingredients with a pestle and mortar. Illustration by Jost Amman for his The Book of Trades. (Frankfurt am Main, 1568)

Sale of English goods in Canton, 1858. Canton was bombarded by French and English, Jan. 1858. which resulted in Trade opening up again

Lord Elgin signing the Treaty of Tainjin to end the Second Opium War, 1858
Lord Elgin (left) signing the Treaty of Tainjin to end the Second Opium War between Britain and China, 16 June 1858. Contemporary woodcut

Opium den in the Chninese quarter of San Francisco, c1870. Wood engraving

Second Opium War, 1856-58
Second Opium War - 1856-58. Chinese depiction of the engagement between the British and Chinese at Fatsham Creek on Canton river. British wood engraving

A Harlots Progress, Plate 4, April 1732. Creator: William Hogarth
A Harlots Progress, Plate 4, April 1732

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping