| Level | Item |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | KWH/Q/584 |
| Title | Letter signed from 'The Frightful Old Beggar' identified on reverse as Strauss, 6 Bevan Villas, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, to Messrs Bullock and Gardner ... deuced good fellows and purveyors of Pepsina |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Date | 1884 |
| Description | Addressed to 'Dear old Boss', meaning Bullock and 'dear old Hoss' meaning Gardner, and written in comical manner, he writes that he is suffering from influenza and requests some saures pepsin glycerate as prepared by Bullock; he awaits 'a huge parcel of chemical goodies': medicine is too expensive from his local suppliers; ...'bereft of all consolation and resources, I am seriously thinking of geting me ready for which they call 'Christian Burial' To the rescue! Hasten! To the rescue of the cheekiest man of the Age!'
13 March 1884
[Bullock was a trained apothecary, and Gardner a chemist and druggist; in 1843 they had proposed that a 'Practical Chemical School' be appended to the Royal Institution. Source: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=S4h9BgAAQBAJ&pg=PA460&lpg=PA460&dq=bullock+and+gardner&source=bl&ots=3cfzOdyqoM&sig=k-gUpRXGwyVwL2tLMAdqLwLkhJ0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjPgYqzp4LZAhVFaVAKHQEtD7UQ6AEIQjAF#v=onepage&q=bullock%20and%20gardner&f=false accessed January 2018] |
| Access Status | Open |