Items tagged psychiatric services in MV Collections
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Pair of Locked Gloves - Black Leather, circa 1900
Leather locked gloves used in mental health hospitals in Victoria Australia circa 1900. They were used on patients to prevent self harm or masturbation which at one stage was considered ...
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Truncheon - Rubber, Black, circa 1910
Truncheon used for disciplining patients in a mental health hospital in Victoria Australia circa 1910.
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Bottle - Chrysarobinium B.P., Macfarlan & Compy, circa 1848
Used in a mental hospital pharmacy, in Victoria, Australia. Chrysarobinum B.P. was used for skin irritations. Dr Cunningham Dax reported that some patients suffered from infections of ...
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Apothecary Jars - Glass, circa 1900
One of seven glass medicine jars from the pharmacy of a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia circa 1900. Some jars contain traces of medicine. One jar nearly full of powder. 46 ...
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Apothecary Jars - China, circa 1900
Apothecary jars containing medications from the pharmacy of a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1900. Contain resin ointment for ulcers and sores. Zinc Oxide ointment ...
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Apothecary Jars - Ceramic, circa 1900
Ceramic apothecary jars used in the pharmacy of a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australi,a circa 1900. They contain the following: 464.1: no label; 464.2 Asafoetida Gum used as a ...
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Soap - Carbolic, Kew Mental Hospital, circa 1880
Bars of carbolic soap made and used at Kew Mental Hospital, a mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia, circa 1880. Four patients at Kew Mental Hospital were employed to make 84,60 ...
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Bottle - Corrosive Sublimate, Felton, Grimwade & Duerdins, circa 1900
Also known as mercury chloride or calomel. Used in a mental health hospital pharmacy, in Victoria, Australia. Used in the treatment of syphillis before the advent of antibiotics. It was ...
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Boots - Canvas, Lace-up, Cream
Cream canvas boots with tapered toes cut off square at the tip. Used in Victorian psychiatric hospitals prior to 1950. Canvas shoes were often made within the institution and issued to ...
From: Melbourne, Australia Images: 2 -
Cashbox - Chief Secretary & Superintendent of the Lunatic Asylum, circa 1900
Alternative Name(s): Cash Box Chief Secretary and Superintendent's cashbox from an early mental health hospital in Victoria, Australia circa 1900. The box contains two display cards whi ...
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