Bottle
Glass bottle with a glass stopper that is covered with a piece of leather. Lump of brown/gold powder inside. Printed label reads "Turkey Rhubarb". Second label has handwritten instructions "10 to 25 grains for a dose" and printed company name "Twinberrow, Dispensing Chemist, 2, Edwards Street, Portman Square." Savory 1836, p.74-5: “Rhubarb, Turkey. The medicinal properties of this valuable root are so well known, that it appears to almost a work of supererogation to mention them. It is administered in the forms of powder, infusion, and tincture. As a purgative (…). It is also in very general use as a stomachic, according to the dose in which it is administered. In cases where the bowels are affected with relaxation arising from debility, a small dose of rhubarb will oftentimes be found the best means of checking its progress. (…)” etc.
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