Antique Poison Labels

I bought these labels years ago at an antique fair. The vendor had a box full of beautiful Victorian labels that were colourful with lovely women and flowers. However, mixed among them were these poison labels. They were far more fascinating to me. I do not know the age of them. The printing is sometimes offset and the labels not quite rectangler but I feel this adds to their charm. Yet, they are rather creepy. Please click on the images for a view of a larger scan.

alcohol belladonna carbolic acid
chloroform corrosive sublimate cresote
formaldehyde Jolly's Drug Store poison oxalic acid
oxalic acid1 permanganate of potash poison
strychnine strychnine1 sugar of lead
sugar of lead1 sulphuric acid tincture of digitalis
tincture of fishberries tincture of iodine strychnine2

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