- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Glass bottle [.1] with glass stopper [.2]. [L.Ph 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 24/11/2004]
- Cultural groups
- Burman
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1892
- Date collected
- By 1892
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1892
- Materials and processes
- Material Glass
- Dimensions
- Height: max 103 mm bottle, Diameter 41 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1892.41.388.1 Accession number: 1892.41.388.2
- Research and responses
Translation of the written Burmese labels was provided by Dr Atsuko Naono, Wellcome Unit for the History of Medicine, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, who corresponded with a Burmese medical scientist, Dan San Shwe in Yangon.
[.382] Unknown
[.383] Thwesay. This is a traditional medicine powder used mainly for girls and women primarily for their menstrual regulation and giddiness. It was described as it can be used when there was mucus in the bronchus.(Chaehta)
[.384] This is for chest pain together with ash mixed water.
[.385] For chest pain
[.386] For nose infection
[.387] For infant skin lotion
[.388] For nose infection
[.389] Ash water
[.390] This is a special oil (Seeman) made by a powerful faith healer or monk, used for applying on the chest or the abdomen for a soothing effect.
[.391] For infant wind colic
[.392] For chest pain
[.393] Unknown
[.394] This is a douhta-blue vitriol(copper sulphate crystal) used in traditional medicine formula
[.395] Same as 394
[.396] For infant formula
[.397] Thwesay same as 383
[.398] For chest pain
[.399] Unknown
[.400] For infant formular (Thungena Say)
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