Hospital tokens, St. Edward's Hospital, Cheddleton
Token coinage used at St. Edward's Hospital, Cheddleton by patients. They could be used like standard currency in exchange for goods and services on the hospital site. The ten 10 tokens include a halfpenny, ...
House of Industry and Court of Requests - A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
A meeting is to be held at Hanley Market Hall on Wednesday 5 February 1794, at 11am.
A new House of Industry?
Gentlemen in the local parishes of Stoke-upon-Trent, Burslem and Wolstanton have agreed ...
Hunger on the Home Front - A satyrical document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Wartime
In times of war, the fortunes of both tradespeople and townspeople could nose-dive - and in 1812 the Potteries were feeling the intense strain of Britain's long war with Napoleon's France.
Soup ...
Infant's Suppository Mould
Solid metal mould in two parts which when put together make 6 suppositories. The pharmacist would use this mould to make suppositories - a way of applying medicine internally. The medicaments would be ...
Infant's Suppository Mould
The pharmacist would use this mould to make suppositories - a way of applying medicine internally. The medicaments would be mixed in a base made from cocoa butter or glycerine and gelatine, poured in ...
Inland Navigation - Pamphlet
This pamphlet, entitled Inland Navigation, outlines the contribution of the Trent and Mersey Canal to the relief of the poor in Stoke-on-Trent.
Should the canal be exempt from payment?
Often when ...
Interior of Littleton Colliery Medical Centre
Sick or injured men were treated here before gong to hospital or to their own doctor.
Cannock and Huntington Collieries Company started sinking both No. 1 Shaft and No. 2 Shaft in January 1877. By ...
Interior of the Storeroom, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The store was well designed with galleries containing all the goods, a lift, and a cellar. The stores were run by a storekeeper, whose job it was to keep up to date records of all the incoming and outcoming ...
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for the Main Ward (Number 18).
The drawing is the work of the Walpamur Company who submitted it to St. Edwards Hospital to consider as a proposal for the re-decoration ...
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for Ward 9, Day Room.
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for Ward 9.
Interior Re-Decoration Scheme Proposal, St. Edwards Hospital, Cheddleton
The suggested new colour scheme for the Main Ward (Number 18).
The drawing is the work of the Walpamur Company who submitted it to St. Edwards Hospital to consider as a proposal for the re-decoration ...
Interior View of Stafford General Infirmary,
The men's ward, later named the Anson Ward.
The foundations of Stafford General Infirmary began in a rented house in Foregate Street in 1766, making it one of the oldest hospitals in the country. ...
Iodine Pencil
Iodine was used as an antiseptic to treat small cuts, grazes and burns.
From the Staffordshire County Museum collection. Formerly part of the collection of Mr. Ewart Jones of Newbridge Pharmacy, Tettenhall ...
Isolation Hospital, Cheslyn Hay
The Isolation Hospital at Cheslyn Hay was founded in 1904 for patients suffering from contagious diseases such as tuberculosis, diptheria and scarlet fever. The hospital closed in 1950 and the building ...
J. Street, Dental Surgery, Borough Road, Burton-upon-Trent
J. Street's dental surgery at 24 Borough Road, Burton-upon-Trent. James Street would drill and fill a single tooth from 3/6 to 21/-, or provide a complete set of upper or lower false teeth for 42/- to ...
Janet Cruickshank, Optician, Uttoxeter
Janet Cruickshank was Uttoxeter’s first female opthalmist.
Janet was the daughter of Ernest Mellor, a chemist in Uttoxeter from 1910 to 1960. Janet left trained under Dr Max Coque at the London Optical ...
John Ferriar
John Ferriar, MD (1764-1815) physician and poet. He was born at Oxnam, Roxburghshire and was Physician at Manchester Infirmary 1789-1815.
Engraved by G. Bartolozzi after a drawing by T. Stothard. ...