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  • Collection: Toxic Relationships: The Dose Makes the Poison

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

Bottle of whisky in decorative presentation box.
Aberdeen University Quincentenary whisky in presentation box

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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 Tipiti, a cylindrical device made of vegetable fibre to process cassava.
used for making cassava (manioc)

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.'

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

Image of an early 20th century radium compress encased in a protective container.
Used for treating rheumatism

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