| Description | This is a bottle of Collodion Flexible. It appears as a clear glass bottle with a paper label featuring handwritten red ink text, stating "Collod. Flex.". The label also includes the typed text: "Get it at H.C. & R’s" and "Hayes, Conyngham & Robinson Limited, Cash Chemists, 66A Upper George’s St., Dún Laoghaire (Kingstown)".
Inside, a blackish semi-liquid content is still visible, remnants of the original flexible collodion solution.
The label and bottle appear stained.
Flexible Collodion was historically used as a protective coating for wounds, cuts, and minor abrasions. It contained nitrocellulose dissolved in a volatile solvent, forming a flexible, waterproof film upon drying. Often applied to secure dressings or act as an artificial skin, it helped protect wounds from infection and external irritants. It was also used in pharmaceutical preparations, sometimes infused with medicated ingredients such as salicylic acid for treating corns and warts |