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Bronze medal to commemorate Pierre Abailard [Peter

Wellcome Medals

1817

Bronze medal to commemorate Pierre Abailard [Peter Abelard], (1079-1142), by Gayrard, France, 1817

The Slaughterhouse of Oreans

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1818

Bronze medal commemorating the building of the slaughterhouse at Orleans, by the Companie Rocheplatte-maire, obverse by Gayrard and de Paymaurin, reverse by Pagot and Bubois, French, 1818

Medal to commemorate Dante

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1819

Circular bronze medal, depicting Dante, designed by Gayrard and made by Durand, French, 1819

Medal to commemorate Galileo Galilei

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1818

Bronze medal to commemorate Galileo Galilei, by Gayrard, Durand series, France, 1818

Gilt bronze medal, designed by N.P. Tiolier, and

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1817

Gilt bronze medal, designed by N.P. Tiolier, and offered by F.J. Belanger, to commemorate Etienne Lanthois, French, 1817

Bronze medal, E. Lanthois, maker of medal, F.J. Be

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1817

Bronze medal, E. Lanthois, maker of medal, F.J. Belanger, architect (?), and artist, N. Tiolier, medal French, 1817

Bronze medal, to commemorate Carl Linnaeus, part o

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1818

Bronze medal, to commemorate Carl Linnaeus, part of the numismatica series, artist Dubois, French(?), 1818

Bronze medal depicting Hermann Boerhaave

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1819

Bronze medal depicting Hermann Boerhaave, by the artist Vivier, possibly made in Munich, Germany and supplied by Durand, either Munich, Germany or France, 1819.

Gilt medal commemorating Roger Bacon, by Gayrard,

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1818

Gilt medal commemorating Roger Bacon, by Gayrard, one of series of famous man by Durard, French, 1818

Medal to commemorate Boerhaave

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate Hermannus Boerhaave, by Vivier, Durand series, France, 1819

Bronze medal to commemorate H. Meyer (1767-1828),

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate H. Meyer (1767-1828), dedicated and made by Daniel Friedrich Loos [and by artist I. C. H... (?)], Berlin, Germany, 1819.

Trade token, silvered lead, advertising food price

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1817

Trade token, silvered lead, advertising food prices, in form of flower, for Thuringia, German, 1817

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1350 BCE

Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC

Lock of Edward Jenner's hair

Public Health & Hygiene

1819

Lock of Edward Jenner's hair, taken in December 1819

Silver medal to commemorate C. Trafvenfelt, issued

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1817

Silver medal to commemorate C. Trafvenfelt, issued by the Swedish Medical Society, by M. Frumerie, Sweden, 1817

Silver medal to commemorate H. Meyer (1767-1828),

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1819

Silver medal to commemorate H. Meyer (1767-1828), dedicated and made by Daniel Loos [and by artist I. C. H... (?)], Berlin, Germany, 1819.

White metal trade token, for use during the bread

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1817

White metal trade token, for use during the bread shortages in Germany in 1816-1817, by Stettner, German, 1817

Silver alloy token with foliated edge, probably us

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1817

Silver alloy token with foliated edge, probably used to acquire bread, designed by ID, German (?), 1817

Silver medal commemorating the surgical and ophtha

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1819

Silver medal commemorating the surgical and ophthalmology clinic of the University of Berlin, German, 1819

Double barrel air pump by J. Cuthbertson, London,

Vacuum Technology

1818

Double barrel air pump by J. Cuthbertson, London, England, 1818. One barrel (cylinder) has been sectioned.

Bronze prize medal of the Paris Medical School, aw

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1817

Bronze prize medal of the Paris Medical School, awarded to B.J.B.C. Sallion of Nantes, 1817, by E. Gatteaux, 1817

Francois Rebelais

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1818

Bronze medal to commemorate F. Rabelais, by E. Gatteaux, France, 1818

Silver medal, commemorates a religious festival co

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1817

Silver medal, commemorates a religious festival connected with St. Beno, artist Dais, medal Bavarian, 1817

Marcet pattern with messenger 1818, by Thomas Jone

Oceanography

1818

Marcet pattern with messenger 1818, by Thomas Jones

Bronze medal to commemorate to Scarpa, by L. Cossa

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate to Scarpa, by L. Cossa, Italy, 1819

Silver medal, prize awarded to J.A. Godron, artist

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1818

Silver medal, prize awarded to J.A. Godron, artist I.G. Holtzhey, medal Dutch, 1818

Circular gold medal, in circular ivory coloured pl

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1819

Circular gold medal, in circular ivory coloured plastic(?) case, awarded to Dr. A.H. Florison for vaccination in 1819, designed by H.D. Heus, Dutch, 1819

Silver ticket medal for the Royal Institution, iss

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1819

Silver ticket medal for the Royal Institution, issued to James Curry, M.D., 1819-1935

Four Barrell Piston Pump, by Braithwaite, 1817

Pumping Machinery

1817

Four Barrell Piston Pump, by Braithwaite, 1817, removed from Lord Brownlow's Estate 1933. Delivery branch with relief valve

Four Barrel Piston Pump by Braithwaite, 1817

Pumping Machinery

1817

Four Barrel Piston pump by Braithwaite, 1817, removed from Lord Brownlow's estate 1933. Air vessel with delivery branch, with 2 leather washers and 6 bolts and nuts and 5 washer for delivery pipe

White metal medal, commemorates the bounty of God(

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1817

White metal medal, commemorates the bounty of God(?), artist unknown, medal possibly Austro-Hungarian, 1817

Medal commemorating the University of Ghent's academic halls

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1819

Bronze medal, commemorating the decree for the construction of the academic halls at the University of Ghent, by Braemt, Belgian, 1819

Medal, silver, awarded by the Royal Institution to

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1819

Medal, silver, awarded by the Royal Institution to Dr. Alex Morison, M.D., 1819, English, 1819

Bronze medal, to commemorate James Watt, by Mills,

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1819

Bronze medal, to commemorate James Watt, by Mills, England, 1819

Bronze medal to commemorate James Watt, by Mills,

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate James Watt, by Mills, English, 1819

Two drawings of P.S. "London Engineer"

Marine Engines

1818

Two drawings of P.S. "London Engineer" 1818

Bronze medal, part of a set to commemorate famous

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1818

Bronze medal, part of a set to commemorate famous men, this one depicting J.G. Lavater, artist Leveque, French, 1818

Bronze medal commemorating Ambroise Pare by Depaul

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1819

Bronze medal commemorating Ambroise Pare by Depaulis for series "Galerie Metallique des Grands Hommes Francais", French, 1819

Bronze medal commemorating George Louis Leclare, C

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1817

Bronze medal commemorating George Louis Leclare, Count de Buffon, by J.E. Gatteaux, French, 1817

Medal, octagonal, silver, Hermes and Hercules stan

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1819

Medal, octagonal, silver, Hermes and Hercules standing in front of bridge, Louis XVIII obverse, medical subject or purpose unclear by Joseph Eugene Dubois, made by Burd(?), 1819, French

Medal, gilt, bronze, commemorating physician Etien

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1817

Medal, gilt, bronze, commemorating physician Etienne Lanthois, struck by order of Joseph Belanger, a French architect, by N.P. Tiolier, French, 1817

Medal to commemorate Boerhaave

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate Boerhaave, artist M. Vivier, maker Durand, France, 1819.

Bronze medal to commemorate General Blucher von Wa

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate General Blucher von Wahlstatt, by Brandt, Germany, 1819

Nickel penny token commemorating Pythagoras Chapte

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1817

Nickel penny token commemorating Pythagoras Chapter No.17. R.A.M. Hartford, Connecticut, made in U.S.A., 1817

Bronze medal to commemorate James Watt, by Mills,

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate James Watt, by Mills, English, 1819

Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

2000-1000 BCE

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

Human skin, tattooed with inscription in wreath, p

Anatomy & Pathology

1818

Human skin, tattooed with inscription in wreath, probably French, dated 1818

Medal, bronze, commemorating Hermannus Boerhaave,

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1819

Medal, bronze, commemorating Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch physician and teacher, by Mathias Nicolas Marie Vivier, for Durand's 'Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium', French, 1819

Medal to commemorate Boerhaave

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1819

Bronze medal, to commemorate Boerhaave, by Vivier and Durand, France, 1819.

Bronze medal to commemorate Boerhaave, by artist V

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1819

Bronze medal to commemorate Boerhaave, by artist Vivier and maker Durand, France, 1819.