Re materia medica

I have photographed the materia medica cases we received from the Monica Britton Collection when they disbanded their history of medicine collection.

These can be seen on my flickr site at
I think they are a great acquisitions by the Museum as they represent an opportunity for improving understanding of what materia medica meant in the past.
There are also formidable obstacles to their use.
Firstly, we need to identify the materia medica.
Secondly, how do we display them? They have so many drawers! and they are best seen close up and with information.

Maybe we could begin by organising a lecture on materia medica with the new objects being shown to the public.



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