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Glass cruet set

Public Health & Hygiene

Gown and mask

Public Health & Hygiene

Lino-topped desk from the volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit, Europe, 1946-1990

Public Health & Hygiene

1946-1990

milk jug

Public Health & Hygiene

Lamp

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sugar bowl

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Gravy boat

Public Health & Hygiene

`Wear-ever' tray

Public Health & Hygiene

Sauce set

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Experimental device for freezing cell cultures

Public Health & Hygiene

Gideons Bible

Public Health & Hygiene

Metal soap dish

Public Health & Hygiene

Toaster

Public Health & Hygiene

Chamber pot

Public Health & Hygiene

Electric iron

Public Health & Hygiene

Elford filter assembly

Public Health & Hygiene

Metal electric kettle

Public Health & Hygiene
Bedding for single bed comprising 2 blankets, 2 sheets, 2 pillows with slips and bedspread, 1950-1970, from volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Bedding

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Ceramic cheese dish, top by Geo.L. Ashworth & Bros. Ltd, 1963, bottom by A.L. Wilkinson Ltd, 1962, from kitchen of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Ceramic cheese dish

Public Health & Hygiene

1962-1963
Grey-painted metal waste bin, 1972, from bedroom of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Waste bin

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Walls, ceiling and door of a volunteer's flat, c. 1942, part of the Common Cold Research Unit

Walls, ceiling and door of a volunteer's flat

Public Health & Hygiene
Set of curtains and curtain rail, from bedroom of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Curtains and curtain rail

Public Health & Hygiene
Stainless steel bucket used for washing glassware in the laboratories of the Common Cold Research Unit

Bucket

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Hardboard wooden-edged jigsaw puzzle board, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Hardboard wooden-edged jigsaw puzzle board

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Two sintered-glass filters for the removal of bacteria from solutions, used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Sintered-glass filters

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Four Elford filter assemblies with bottle containing two collodion filters, and spanners, used at the Common Cold Research Unit in the separation of different size viruses

Four Elford filter assemblies with bottle

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Colorimeter by EEL used to monitor the pH of Media in tissue or organ culture at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1957-1965

Colorimeter

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Takatsy haemagglutination plates, loops, droppers and accessories used at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1960-1989

Takatsy haemagglutination plates

Public Health & Hygiene

1960-1989
Wooden rack containing virus storage tubes for storing specimens from experiments and volunteers at -70 C, used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Wooden rack containing virus storage tubes

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Sterile manipulation cabinet with UV air sterilizer, developed at NIMR, Mill Hill, 1957-' 9, with bunsen burner, used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Sterile manipulation cabinet with UV air sterilizer

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Microbiological bench with stool, part of the original laboratory fittings of the Harvard Hospital, later used by the Common Cold Research Unit, American, 1941

Microbiological bench with stool

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White enamelled metal table, used as part of medical procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

White enamelled metal table

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White painted wooden box for holding vacuum flasks when delivered outside volunteers' flat as part of isolation procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

White painted wooden box for holding vacuum flasks

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`Untrypsinising' filter to remove fibres from specimens of cells, made using the filter from a wartime American Red Cross blood transfusion set, for laboratory use, from the Common Cold Research Unit

Untrypsinising filter

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Two pairs of wellington boots, one pair by Dunlop, the other by Uniroyal, worn by volunteers to prevent cross-infection at the Common Cold Research Unit

Wellington boots

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Haemocytometer used in the examination of tissue cultures at the Common Cold Research Unit

Haemocytometer

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Brown painted metal table with fold-out wings, part of original furnishing bought to Harvard Hospital by American Red Cross 1940-1942, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Table

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Two novels and a dictionary, 1943-1981, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Two novels and a dictionary

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Dartboard, with wallcase and two sets of darts, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Dartboard, with wallcase and two sets of darts

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Microtome used to cut sections of virus-infected tissue in wax used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Microtome

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3 large vacuum flasks used for delivering meals to volunteers as part of isolation procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

3 large vacuum flasks used for delivering meals

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Three bottles used for growing bulk supplies of cells at the Common Cold Research Unit

Three bottles used for growing bulk supplies of cells

Public Health & Hygiene
Aluminium kettle, by D.P. Ltd, 1957, from kitchen of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Kettle

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Tissues, plastic bags, ties and petri dishes, used as part of medical procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

Tissues, plastic bags, ties and petri dishes

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Single bed comprising headboard, footboard, frame and springbase, 1940-1970, from volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Single bed comprising headboard, footboard, frame

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Glass petri dish containing stainless-steel gauze for organ culture at the Common Cold Research Unit

Petri dish containing stainless-steel gauze

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Circular lino-topped coffee table with shelf, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Coffee table

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1947-1975
Blackboard, unsigned, British, 1945-1953. Used for entering details of volunteers' bookings for trials, from the Administrators office, Common Cold Research Unit, Harvard Hospital, Harnham Down, Wiltshire, England.

Blackboard for entering volunteers' bookings

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1945-1953
Mattress for single bed, 1940-1970, from volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Mattress for a single bed

Public Health & Hygiene
Plastic petri dish with scratched base, the preferred receptacle for organ culture at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1963-1970

Plastic petri dish

Public Health & Hygiene