Silver-plated divination bowl

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1200-1399; 1801-1900

Storage jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1714

Male urinal, Netherlands, 1740-1760

Public Health & Hygiene

1740-1760

Coin amulet to protect against smallpox

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

300-1450 CE

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Wooden divination board

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Wooden-cased mill, Europe, 1701-1830

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1830

Ophthalmoscope with bulb and battery handle

Ophthalmology

1880-1930

Blue glass eye bath, Europe, 1851-1920

Ophthalmology

1851-1920

Marble mortar and pestle, Europe, 1501-1900

Pharmacy-ware

1501-1900

Votive placenta

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200-200

Wax plaque showing a dissected female figure

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Paul F Gachet's door plate, France, 1870-1909

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1870-1909

Glass pharmacy storage bottle

Medical Glass-ware

1864

Albarello pharmacy jar, Spain, 1600-1625

Medical Ceramic-ware

1600-1625

Shell pendant painted with an eye

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1920

Wooden statue of St Damian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900

Bottle of medicinal water from temple of Asklepios at Epidaurus

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1920-1930

Pharmacy jar for bugloss

Medical Ceramic-ware

1725-1775

Electrogalvanic amulet

Therapeutics

1870-1935

Galvanic brooch

Therapeutics

1880-1920

Wooden statue of St Nicholas, France, 1801-1900

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1801-1900

Ivory figure of a man massaging the back of reading man

Asian Medicine

1701-1900

Wooden snuff box showing a tooth extraction

Smoking

1701-1900

Bronze lancet, found at Ephesus

Therapeutics

199-500

Model demonstrating different types of eye sight, Europe, 1880-1900

Ophthalmology

1880-1900

Cream spittoon, England, 1775-1850

Public Health & Hygiene

1775-1850

Steel dental key, England, 1771-1800

Dentistry

1771-1800

Quinine pills in box

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Tobacco jar, England, 1801-1900

Smoking

1801-1900

Tooth shade guide, England, 1890-1910

Dentistry

1890-1910

Amulet brooch in the shape of a black cat

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1914-1918

Throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1930

Ivory powder bottle used by a wig dresser, England, 1701-1800

Public Health & Hygiene

1701-1800

Glass tube from throat swab used to diagnose diphtheria

Clinical Diagnosis

1901-1930

Mechanical tobacco box, England, 1770-1830

Smoking

1770-1830

Wine glass possibly used as a culture glass by Joseph Lister

Microbiology

1860-1877

Oval enamelled box, England, 1761-1820

Smoking

1761-1820

Votive female head

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-100 CE

Votive left foot

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-200 CE

Votive left arm

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-100 CE

Earthenware plate showing breast feeding, Italy, 1601-1800

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1601-1800

Pharmacy storage jar depicting St John the Baptist

Medical Ceramic-ware

1501-1600

Enema syringe

Therapeutics

1701-1800

Falcon-headed canopic jar

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-100

Plaque showing the development of a human embryo

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Wax plaque showing foetus in the womb

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1801-1830

Amuletic pear-shaped pendant

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Albarello drug jar used for cinchona bark

Medical Ceramic-ware

1731-1770

Dental key from set of blacksmith's dental instruments

Dentistry

1800-1850