Pharmaceuticals directory

Explore our collection of vintage medicine bottles, early remedies, and historic pharmaceutical labels. Each piece tells a story of healing from the past.

Antique brown-top stoneware jug labeled “MERCURY,” used for storing elemental mercury in early apothecaries.

Mercury Stoneware Jug

Title Mercury Stoneware Jug Author N/A Image Description This heavy brown-top stoneware jug is boldly stenciled MERCURY in cobalt blue

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Vintage Caldesene Medicated Powder tin labeled “Antifungal–Antibacterial—Calcium Undecylenate.” Internal link targets: link to related topical or dermatologic products in the Cabinet (e.g., Desenex, Nupercainal).

Caldesene Medicated Powder

Title Caldesene Medicated Powder Author Pharmadent Division, Pennwalt Corporation, Rochester, New York Image Description This 5-ounce tin of Caldesene Medicated

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