Medicine Bottles

 

The medicines represented on top of the mantle are:

Carb, zinc (or zinc carbonate): Used in the treatment of skin diseases.

Flex, asclep (asclepiadon): Used to induce sweating. It would probably have been used to induce purging and vomiting but not with a great degree of success.

Cinn (cinnamol or cinnamene): Used as an expectorant.

Medicine Bottles

 

 

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