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Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1920

Fungus known as Fu ling in Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, 1850-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1920

Single pearl shell with serrated tip used for scar

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1930

Small gastropod mollusc with artificial slot throu

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920

Silver bound cowrie shell painted with erotic scene

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

Shell, with perforated side and bark loop, used as

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910

Trochus or opercula shell amulet, against evil eye

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Shell dressing wrapped in paper covering, Austrian

Surgery

1914-1918

Single bivalve shell, with cutting edge, used as r

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1925

Single bivalve shell, with cutting edge, used as r

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1925

Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads, u

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1925
Home Office air raid precautions shell dressing, England, March 1939

Home Office air raid precautions shell dressing, E

Therapeutics

1939
Glass bottle, contains whelk like shells of unknown provenance

Glass bottle, contains whelk like shells of unknow

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Two large seashells, one covered in animal skin, both stuffed with rags and leaves

Two large seashells, one covered in animal skin, both stuffed with rags and leaves

Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Single mother of pearl shell, broken, from China(?), 1851 to 1930

Single mother of pearl shell, broken, from China(?

Asian Medicine

1851-1930
Glass bottle, contains shell from Palestine, 1909

Glass bottle, contains shell from Palestine, 1909

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Glass bottle, cork stopper, contains shells of Pectin and tellina species, from South America, bottle European, 1900-1930

Glass bottle, cork stopper, contains shells of Pec

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Glass specimen jar, containing shell of gastropod, Rapana thomasiana, Chinese

Glass specimen jar, containing shell of gastropod,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Small piece of tortoiseshell, provenance unknown, 18th or 19th century

Small piece of tortoiseshell, provenance unknown,

Veterinary Medicine

1701-1900
Small oyster-like shells, bivalve, "nukh", Indian, 1851-1930

Small oyster-like shells, bivalve, "nukh", Indian,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1930
Circular glass topped cardboard box, containing small white shells, corbula fasciatta, from Philippines, box English, 1851-1920

Circular glass topped cardboard box, containing sm

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1920
Glass specimen jar, labelled as containing Lai lei from China. See notes.

Glass specimen jar, labelled as containing Lai lei

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Glass bottle, contains fragments of shell, mother of pearl of unknown provenance

Glass bottle, contains fragments of shell, mother

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
2 halves of a shell used as a container for brown sticky ointment for boils and sores, Chinese, 1880-1920

2 halves of a shell used as a container for brown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920
Ostrea shell, from Pootoo Island, China, used to cure eye diseases, 1850-1930

Ostrea shell, from Pootoo Island, China, used to c

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1930
Two shells, probably haliotis, of unknown provenance, 1830-1920

Two shells, probably haliotis, of unknown provenan

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920
6 shells, 1 mounted on card with a cut pencil to demonstrate its cutting power, shells possibly also used in trephination experiments by Dr T. Wilson Parry, England, 1913-1920

6 shells, 1 mounted on card with a cut pencil

Surgery
specimen bottle containing some Indian cowrie shells

specimen bottle containing some Indian cowrie shel

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1940
5 oyster shells owned by Dr. T. Wilson Parry and probably used by him in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1913-1920

5 oyster shells owned by Dr. T. Wilson Parry and p

Surgery
Glass jar, contains wo niu (water snails), from China

Glass jar, contains wo niu (water snails), from Ch

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Glass phial, contains brown seeds and some gastropod shells of unknown provenance

Glass phial, contains brown seeds and some gastrop

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Number of shell (?) fragments, provenance unknown

Number of shell (?) fragments, provenance unknown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920
Pearl shell, with serrated edge, possibly from New Guinea, 1850-1929

Pearl shell, with serrated edge, possibly from New

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1929
Fossil snail or operculum worn as an amulet against snakebite and applied to wound as a cure, Sudanese, 1880-1920

Fossil snail or operculum worn as an amulet against snakebites

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920