Left: Parts of a scale (weight pan, arm, and iron weight) were recovered along with this foot tub, which was found in the gunboat's pilot house. Center: Some of the medicine bottles recovered from the USS Cairo still contained their original liquids and compounds. Right: The bottles contained such medicines as castor oil, chlorate, quinine, rhubarb, sulfur (an antidote for itch), zinc chloride (used as an antiseptic and astringent), and ferric chloride (prescribed by the Cairo's surgeon as an iron tonic).