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Culpeper microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1738

Terrestrial globe by John Senex

Astronomy

1738

Oil jar, Egypt, 1580-1350BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC.

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

Mummy of a peregrine falcon, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Straight, cylindrical urethral sound with flat han

Surgery

1751-188

Mummy of a crocodile, Egypt, 2000-1001 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Trade card: John Fowler, at the Globe in Sweeting's Alley

.Unattributed

1738

Microscope (c.1738), by THOMAS WRIGHT, improvement

Microscopes

1738

Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather c

Surgery

1803-876

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Votive plaque, Italian, 1738, majolica, made for t

Medical Ceramic-ware

1738

Spherical metal case only, possibly for a goa ston

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1751-190

Shang Dynasty sacrificial bowl

Asian Medicine

1766-1122 BCE

Clay figure of animal

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

Trade card: Charles Leadbetter

.Unattributed

1738
1738-1822, musician and astronomer, German born; naturalised British

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
1738-1820, king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and king of Hanover 1760-1820

George III

1738 - 1820
c 1738-1821, engraver, English

Pether, William

1738 - 1821
1738-1820, artist, American

West, Benjamin

1738 - 1820
1738-1809, bookseller, British

Johnson, Joseph

1738 - 1809
1738-1819, physician, Belgian

Hende, Jean-François-Laurent van

1738 - 1819
Herschel, William

Herschel, William

1738 - 1822
Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.

Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis

Agricultural Engineering

2000-1500 BCE
Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1801-850
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis

Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-1000 BCE
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE
Circular porcelain weight, bell-shaped, filled with led, to weigh 7lbs, knob handle, British, 1750-1870

Circular porcelain weight, bell-shaped, filled wit

Pharmacy-ware

1750-187
Excavated middle bronze age, mandible showing ground teeth and periostitis, Welsh, 1750-1251BC

Human Jaw Bone

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1750-1250 BCE
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE
Sample of cinchona bark

Sample of cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1738
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).

Mummified remains, ancient Egyptian or Peruvian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

3000-1000 BCE
Trade card: John Senex F.R.S., at the Globe, over against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street. 1738. Globe- and map-maker.(Calv. 349) (C.C. 99)

Trade card: John Senex F.R.S.

.Unattributed

1738