This ‘In pictures’ will improve your understanding of analytical chemistry and the safe handling of chemicals.
How can chemistry help preserve the history of a Victorian family? When the National Trust discovered an old medicine cabinet at Tyntesfield House, chemists from the University of Bristol were called in to do just that. The cabinet was full of all sorts of bottles and jars. Some had labels but others didn’t and some had leaked their contents onto the shelves. Staff were rightly wary of touching the medicines, but wanted to categorise, clean and preserve the bottles. They knew that the remedies would reveal secrets about the life and health of the Gibbs family, who occupied the house until 2001, but how could they identify the contents and make the cabinet safe for public display?
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