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  • Collection: Toxic Relationships: The Dose Makes the Poison

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cylindrical box containing 14 poison-tipped arrows, quills attached to box with twine. Old label: Bamboo box, containing poisoned arrows, British Guinea." Presented by Alexander Stuart, 1887

Image of tobacco pipe made from bamboo and rattan with a decorative plaited vegetable fibre.
Large tobacco pipe in bamboo with pokerwork decoration. The pipe is cylindrical and quite long and wide, with a round hole at one end, a shallow bowl-shape at the other and a very small round hole beneath with no attachment. The decorated section…

Image of 20th century mercury thermometer.
min/max thermometer, U shaped glass tube with limit pins set above the mercury. Plastic case. A red plastic magnet holder is hung on the bottom for use in setting the limit pins; possibly modern for maintaining air control

Image of dried specimen of yew.
Dried plant specimen. Label headed 'Flora Britannica'

Image of model wasp habitat.

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Fluid/ Wet Specimen. Head only, some skin removed to show poison glands.

Image of 19th century tea brick embossed with a Chinese character.
Slab of tea taken from China through Tibet to Darjeeling.

Image of bottle of medicinal wine containing a snake.
Cobra preserved in liquid. With label: 'Real speciality of Vietnam. Snake wine (one unit). Usage: rheumatism, lumbago, sweat of limbs. Dosage: Twice a day each a small cup before meal.'

Image of dried pufferfish specimen.
Dry, mount. Not mounted on a display stand.

Poppy Sample.tif
Dried plant specimen. Bound volume of William Knight Vol. 2.
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