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Classical and medieval medicine

Explore early approaches to medical treatment and self-care with an incredible range of objects dating from as early as 4000 BCE to around 500CE, many from Rome and Egypt.

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Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1520-1530

Lead mortuary crosses, England, 1300s and 1600s

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Ancient Greek Cupping Cup

Classical & Medieval Medicine

400 BCE- 100 BCE

Roman cupping vessel

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-79 CE

Strigil, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

199 BCE-500 CE

Votive offering in the form of a uterus

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Votive vulva

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Votive right leg

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-400 CE

Vaginal speculum, Roman, 100 BCE-400 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100 BCE - 400 CE

Statue of St Mary Magdalene

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1750

Pottery water pipe, Roman, 100-350 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100-350 CE

Votive uterus

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Votive uterus

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Copy of an Etruscan denture, Europe, 1901-1930

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1901-1930

Votive male genitalia

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-400 CE

Votive right ear

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-100 CE

Teething charm, Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100-500 CE

Wooden statue of St Adrian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1700-1850

Memento mori, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

199 BCE-500 CE

Feeding bottle

Classical & Medieval Medicine

850-501

Carved wooden figure of Job covered in boils, Europe, 1750-1850

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1750-1850

Gold amulet in the form of a cobra

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100 BCE

Bronze pessary, Roman, 200 BCE-400 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-400 CE

Votive left eye

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-100 CE

Falcon-headed canopic jar

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100

Statue of the goddess Hygeia, Roman, 100 BCE - 100 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100 BCE - 100 CE

Pair of votive breasts

Classical & Medieval Medicine

600-200

Wooden statue of St Margaret of Antioch, Europe, 1701-1850

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1701-1850

Wooden statue of St Nicholas, France, 1801-1900

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900

Copy of Roman artificial leg, London, England, 1905-1915

Classical & Medieval Medicine

300 BCE; 1905-1915

Part of an elm water pipe, England, 1401-1600

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1401-1600 CE

Votive viscera, Roman, 200 BCE-200 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-200 CE

Votive carving of hair

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200BCE-400CE

Surgical shears, Roman, 199 BCE-500 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

199 BCE-500 CE

Copy of clay liver used for divination, original from Babylon, 2050-1750 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2050-1750 BCE

Bronze statue of Osiris, Egypt, 1000-400 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1000-400 BCE

Copy of a statue showing a deformed cranium, Cairo, Egypt, 1920-1933

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1920-1933

Votive right hand

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-400 CE

Canopic jar featuring portrait of Imseti

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1400-700 BCE

Votive female head

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-100 CE

Votive offering, left ear

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-100 CE

Wooden statue of St Michael the Archangel, Spain, 1700-1850

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1700-1850

Votive uterus

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Wooden statue of Saint Francis de Sales

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1700-1850

Votive penis

Classical & Medieval Medicine

Lead Mortuary Cross

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1340-1350 CE

Jackal-headed canopic jar, Egypt, 2000 BCE-100 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000 BCE-100 CE

Pestle and mortar, Egypt, 1650-1575BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1650-1575 BCE

Model of the Asklepion at Epidaurus, Greece, 1936

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1936

Statue of St Cosmas, France, 1801-1900

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900