Summary

This glass medicine bottle was excavated at Casselden Place in 2003. It was manufactured by W. E. Woods Ltd. and was machine made. It contained "Wood's Great Peppermint Cure" which was used for the relief of coughs and colds.

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 small medicine bottle that was machine made. It has a rectangular shape, with a round neck and a black lid.

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