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Framed poster advocating vaccination against smallpox

Public Health & Hygiene

1923

Ped-O-Jet mass inoculation gun

Public Health & Hygiene

1970-1975

Meerschaum tobacco pipe with bowl in form of human skull

Smoking

1870-1910

Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Compound microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1830-1850

Laennec's stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1815-1825

Louis Pasteur’s compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1857-1865

Packet of ten 'Abdulla' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Packet of Craven 'A' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

'Build a Better Burger' game

Nutrition & Food Technology

1984-1986

'Merman'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Pair of prosthetic limbs, for Thalidomide affected 9-year old child

Orthopaedics

1971

Dental pelican for tooth pulling

Dentistry

1701-1800

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Two bifurcated needles used for smallpox vaccination

Public Health & Hygiene

1968

Vaginal speculum for applying leeches

Clinical Diagnosis

1801-1830

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1520-1530

Penicillium mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

Biotechnology

1945

Packet of 20 'Three Castles' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Contraceptive sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1920-1960

Packet of 20 'Churchman's No.1 Special' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Swan necked glass retort

Medical Glass-ware

1760-1870

Ampoule of anti gas-gangrene serum

Public Health & Hygiene

1934

Pocket watch concealed in a memento mori

Anatomy & Pathology

1700-1936

Coin operated toilet lock

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1930

'Prorace' cervical cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1915-1925

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1859-1939

Packet of 5 'Player's Navy Cut' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Kendrew's original model of the myoglobin molecule

Experimental Chemistry

1957

Pewter box for transporting leeches

Therapeutics

1801-1900

'King’s Fund’ hospital bed

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1994

Pasteur-Chamberland-type water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1884-1900

Metal lice comb, 'Derbac' brand, England, 1930-1940

Public Health & Hygiene

1930-40

Wooden acupuncture model

Asian Medicine

1681

Phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1821

Circular metal pendant

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1920

Dental key

Dentistry

1725-1780

Packet for 'Tenner' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

'Jedi' helmet, used with Cryogenic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine

Radiomedicine

1980

Stone mortar and pestle

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1850

Wooden figure of pregnant female

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Pharmacy sign in the shape of a unicorn's head

Pharmacy-ware

1700-1870

Rawhide bag for storing cinchona bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1777-1785

Radiation protection apron

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

Surgery

1501-1600

Amulet to protect against health problems

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1900

Calliper used to measure head size

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1886-1927

Piorry type monaural stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1834-1883