St Jacob’s Oil, for Rheumatism

St Jacob’s Oil, for Rheumatism

Aqua glass medicine bottle, embossed ‘St Jacob’s Oil/ The Charles A Vogeler Company/ London England’. This product was a liniment for treating rheumatism. It was also advertised as treating gout and other aches and pains.
‘Varalettes’ Bottle

‘Varalettes’ Bottle

Ice-blue flask shaped bottle, 8.5 cm tall, embossed ‘Varalettes’. Varalettes were effervescing lithia tablets for gout (as loosely defined), which were manufactured by the London chemist Alfred Bishop. Discarded after the death of Mary Everett in 1908...
Holloway’s Ointment Pot

Holloway’s Ointment Pot

‘Holloway’s Ointment’ pot. ‘For the cure of gout and rheumatism, inveterate ulcers, sore breasts, sore heads, bad legs, etc. Manufactured by the proprietor, 335 Oxford St.’ The pots came in five sizes of which this is the smallest at one...