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Tabloid Medicine Chest

Tabloid Medicine Chest
Materials: ammonium bromide, Blaud pills, Calomel, Chlorate of potash, chloroform and morphine, ginger essence, ink, Ipecacuanha, iron and arsenic compound, Japanned metal, Laxative vegetable, leather, medicine droppers, opium, paper, Pepana, phenacetin compound, quinine and cinnamon, quinine and rhubarb compound, quinine bisulphate, soda-mint, tannin, teakwood, tonic compound, tooth stoppers, zinc-sulphate

All Materials

  • ammonium bromide

  • Blaud pills

  • Calomel

  • Chlorate of potash

  • chloroform and morphine

  • ginger essence

  • ink

  • Ipecacuanha

  • iron and arsenic compound

  • Japanned metal

  • Laxative vegetable

  • leather

  • medicine droppers

  • opium

  • paper

  • Pepana

  • phenacetin compound

  • quinine and cinnamon

  • quinine and rhubarb compound

  • quinine bisulphate

  • soda-mint

  • tannin

  • teakwood

  • tonic compound

  • tooth stoppers

  • zinc-sulphate

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