Summary
This single dose medicine bottle was excavated at the Commonwealth Block site between 1988 and 2003.
Health and hygiene.
'Cleanliness is next to Godliness'. This is a difficult maxim to follow when 'there is not one bath in sixty', when sewerage gathers in cesspits and open drainage channels line the streets.But the residents of Little Lon did practice personal hygiene. Archaeologists have uncovered toothbrushes and toothpaste pots, scent bottles, soap dishes, combs and hairbrushes.
Clean teeth and neat hair did not guarantee good health however. Doctors were expensive, so ordinary people had to rely on medicines like Holloway's Ointment and Hall's Vegetable Pain Conqueror as well as Chinese herbal remedies. Children were dosed weekly with the laxative castor oil, to keep their bowels regular.
Physical Description
This is a light green glass single dose medicine bottle. It has thick sides and a sheared off lip. The body is narrow and there are bubbles present in the glass.
Physical Description
Light green colour, small medicinal bottle with thick sides and a sheared off lip. Body is narrow. Bubbles are present in fabric. Possibly Chinese. Base diameter 13mm, height 63mm. Chinese ?
More Information
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Collecting Areas
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Acquisition Information
Transfer from Heritage Victoria, Industry Superannuation Property Trust, 03 May 2005
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Inscriptions
None
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Context Number
57/01
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Site
[TCS] Australia, Victoria, Commonwealth Block, Melbourne
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Classification
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Type of item
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Exhibition Collection Management
12 mm (Length), 15 mm (Width), 60 mm (Height)
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Dimensions
17 mm (Length), 12 mm (Width), 61 mm (Height)
Measurement From Conservation.
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