 Click thumbnail for a larger image. | Date: 1900 -
Description: Pale blue Marmite jar with screw top rusty steel lid, containing Condy's Crystals (potassium permanganate). Hand labelled CONDES CRYSTALS. The crystals were used as a treatment for snake bite and applied after cutting around the bite and sucking out the venom (this treatment is no longer used). Given to Frank and Heather Willis by Olive Willis, when they moved on to site 38 on Big Dog Island in 1949. One of the original artefacts in the replica mutton-bird processing shed. Format: realia Object: medicines Titles: Jar of Condy's Crystals Subjects: medicines; snakes People/Orgs: Willis, Frank & Heather Places: Big Dog Island, Furneaux Group, Tasmania Institution: Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc. Object number: FHR_00484 Disclaimer The content of this record is provided by Furneaux Historical Research Association Inc.. For any questions about the content please contact them. |
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