Wellcome Medals
1639
One tavi, bronze coin associated with the Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, artist unknown, coin Maltese
1638
One grano, bronze coin associated with Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, artist unknown, coin Maltese, 1638
Smoking
1630-1640
Clay tobacco pipe, possibly by Gaunteat, made in Winchester (?), 1630-1640
1634
Silver medal, commemorated Cardinal de Richelieu, artist unknown, medal French, 1634
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
2000-1000 BCE
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)
1646
Silver medal to commemorate M.J. Merlet, dean of the Faculte de Medecine, Paris, France, 1646
Classical & Medieval Medicine
3000-1000 BCE
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).
Wellcome (general)
1651
Flat, square brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "1/2 Richetlatt"
Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, Ital Pistolet above compartment
Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, illegible label above compartment
Square, flattish brass weight, with impressed design on top, labelled "1/2 Silberzlzen"(?)
Bronze medal, possibly copy, commemorating birth of Louis XIV, to Anne of Austria, French, 1638 to 1800
1653
Medal, copper, probably of some medical school, Charles the Great on reverse, French, 1653
1635
Trade token(?), bronze, with motto of "hardly born before extinguished, let not good parts be taken out", in relation to blood letting, European, 1635
Bronze medal, possibly commemorating the virtues of blood letting, Europe, dated 1635
