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A detailed History of Medicine in Hungerford is elsewhere in the museum. here there are a number of various items related to the medical and pharmaceutical life of Hungerford.

William Gee Taylor bought 3 Bridge Street in 1877 for £290 at the age of 31 years. In 1895 he bought 3a Bridge Street for £280 - bringing the joint property back into single ownership, as it had been prior to 1812. He ran the business until c1896 when it was taken over by his son Henry Fernley Taylor. William Gee Taylor continued to sing in St Saviour's Church Choir until July 1912 when he and his wife moved to London.


	The yellow bottle contains Aniline Yellow - dispensed by W.G. Taylor.


	The blue bottle previously containing a ferric salt, labelled as POISON by Taylor "Chemist by Examination" of Hungerford. Henry Fernley Taylor, dispensing and photographic chemist, was at 3 & 3a Bridge Street between c1896 and 1940.

		Of course, dispensing chemists dispensed medicines for not only human patients, but they also had a large veterinary practice - the adjacent brown bottle is labelled "The Mixture" - "Husk for Cattle" [Half for a dose] as dispensed by H.F. Taylor.




			Ointment jar labelled by W.G. Taylor, P.P.S.


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Colic Draught No. 4 for horses, "to be given in half a pint of warm water, and repeated in one hour if necessary". Dispensed by J. McKerlie, M.R.C.V.S., Hungerford. Tel No. 30".



			"Mosquito or Gnat Bite Lotion", dispensed by A.H. Bingham, Hungerford." Arthur Heanes Bingham was chemist at 125 High Street (now Boots) between c1914 and c1939.

With special thanks to Stewart Hofgartner of "Below Stairs of Hungerford Antiques"

See also:
Parish Magazine, Aug 1912 (re William Gee Taylor).