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Bow frame amputation saw, Spain, 1601-1700

Surgery

1601-1700

Ornate bow-frame amputation saw, Spanish, damascened in gold, c. 1650

Albarello drug jar for horse fat, Italy, 1620

Medical Ceramic-ware

1620

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello, polychrome used for horse fat, possibly Castel Durante, Italian, 1620

Glass bottle featuring pictures of saints

Medical Glass-ware

1667

Glass bottle, rectangular with stopper covered in gold fabric, highly decorated with pictures of saints painted on three sides.

Albarello drug jar for Golden Ointment, Italy, 1571-1630

Medical Ceramic-ware

1571-1630

Tin-glazed earthenware albarello, polychrome decoration, labelled "Ungty aureu", Italian, 1571-1630

Antimony cup with leather case, Europe, 1601-1700

Pharmacy-ware

1601-1700

Antimony cup, with leather case, tooled with gold, 17th century

Statue of St Antonino of Florence, Italy, 1470-1500

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1470-1500 CE

Statue of Saint Antonino of Florence, earthenware, ? Italian, late 15th century

Parturition (birthing) chair

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1601-1700

Parturition chair, folding and adjustable, European, 17th century

Lump of blue frit

Glass Technology

1550 BCE

Lump of ancient Egyptian blue frit; found in Theban necropolis beginning of XVIIIth dynasty

Statue of Saint Lubin, wood, French

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Statue of Saint Lubin, wood, French, 17th century ?

Female alms box figure from Bethlem Hospital, England, 1671-1681

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1671-1681

Female almsbox figure from Bethlem Hospital ("Bedlam"), 1676(?)

Model of Bourn Windmill, Cambridgeshire, 1601-1625

Motive Power

1601-1625

Model of Bourn Windmill, Cambridgeshire (1:16), c. 1636 conjecturally in its original form, scale three quarters of an inch to one foot.

17th century materia medica cabinet

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1601-1700

Flemish 17th century materia medica cabinet with contents, some samples labelled.

Bullet extractor, Europe, 1501-1600

Surgery

1501-1600

Bullet extractor, 16th century, steel and brass

Bow frame amputation saw, Europe, 1575-1585

Surgery

1575-1585

Bow frame amputation saw, with ornate handle terminating in griffin's head, Italian, from the Museo del Palazzo Borvansati, Florence, c. 1580

Wooden male anatomical figure, Europe, 1601-1700

Anatomy & Pathology

1601-1700

Wooden anatomical figure, male, possibly 17th century

Napier's bones

Mathematics

1601-1700

Napier's bones, brass, eleven pieces, in gold stamped leather case, with a short manuscript description in the case

Plaster model made in 1940 of distillation apparat

Pharmacy-ware

1540-1580

Plaster model made in 1940 of distillation apparatus used in France c. 1560, made by Wellcome Institute workshops, Willesden, London

Two pieces of cinchona bark, South America, 1601-1700

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1601-1700

3 small pieces of cinchona bark, once in a replica of 17th century box from the Pharmacie della Scala, Rome, bark apparently original, seventeenth century

Posset pot, England, 1651

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1651

Posset pot, tin glazed earthenware, with monogram and date, English, 1651

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma

Classical & Medieval Medicine

2000-1001 BCE

Memorial stele to the doorkeepr Ruma, showing his withered right leg, plaster copy of Egyptian original, 2000-1001BC. Made in Dantes Plad in Copenhagen (Denmark).

Night clock with painted landscape on dial and pai

Time Measurement

1675-1685

Night clock with painted landscape on dial and painted angels that turn with movement, by Joseph Knibb, London, England, 1675-1685.

Driving weights and counterweight from balance-wheel brass lantern clock

Time Measurement

1645-1655

Two driving weights and one counterweight for the Balance-wheel brass lantern clock, by Thomas Knifton, Cross Keys, Lothbury, London, England, 1645-1655.

Exchequer standard gallon measure of Queen Elizabeth I, 1601

Weighing & Measuring

1601

Bronze Exchequer Standard Winchester Gallon Measure, dated 1601. One of a series issued to 60 cities in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Lead mortuary crosses, England, 1300s and 1600s

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Lead cross, replica of one taken from the graves of victims of the plague in London, original 17th century

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

Building Construction

2000-1001 BCE

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

Italian celestial globe, 1636

Astronomy

1636

Celestial globe, by Matthaus Greuter, Rome, diameter 20 inches

Latten spoon with cone knop, 14th or 15th century

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1500 CE

Latten spoon with cone knop, 14th or 15th century

6" Universal Ring Dial, engraved "Hilkiah Bedford

Time Measurement

1656-1680

6" Universal Ring Dial, engraved "Hilkiah Bedford in Fleet Street near Fetter Lane End"

Model of treadmill at Carisbrooke Castle

Motive Power

c. 1588

model, scale 1:2, treadmill constructed in the 16th century at Carisbrooke Castle to raise well water, Isle of Wight, also model donkey

Octagonal ivory Sundial, C. Bloud a Dieppe (cracke

Time Measurement

1653-1680

Octagonal ivory Sundial, C. Bloud a Dieppe (cracked)

Amputation saws and bullet extractors, 16th-18th century.

Surgery

1501-1600

Bullet extractor, 16th century, steel and brass

Reconstruction of Robert Hooke's Deep Sea Thermometer, 1686-96

Oceanography

1686-1696

Reconstruction of Robert Hooke's deep-sea thermometer, 1686-96.

Reconstruction of Robert Hooke's Deep Sea Sounder, 1685-95

Oceanography

1685-1695 (original)

Reconstruction of Robert Hooke's Deep Sea Sounder of 1685-95.

Brass mortar inscribed "..LETTE VERWINT AL..DINCK

Experimental Chemistry

1536

Brass mortar inscribed "..LETTE VERWINT AL..DINCK ANNO 1536"

Bronze forceps, spoon, elevetor and cautery, 200 BC-1600 AD.

Classical & Medieval Medicine

500-1600

Forceps, bronze, with arrow-head tips, repaired, medieval (?) 500-1600

Clay tobacco pip, incomplete, part of stem missing

Smoking

1640-1665

Clay tobacco pip, incomplete, part of stem missing, tubular stem, large slightly protruding circular flat-bottomed heel, forward leaning bulbous bowl, upturned rim at front, Oxford, 1640-1655

Chased silver gilt medicine cup or eye bath, possi

Ophthalmology

1601-1700

Chased silver gilt medicine cup or eye bath, possibly German, c. 1601-1700

Loadstone, mounted in brass, used for curing disea

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1558-1603

Loadstone, mounted in brass, used for curing diseases by touch, in box, Elizabethan, 1558-1603

Early 17th century squat earthenware pharmacy jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1601-1650

Early 17th century squat earthenware pharmacy jar with "Delft" glazing

Eyepiece, 6-inch focal length, from Huygen's aerial telescope

Astronomy

1686-1691

Eyepiece, 6-inch focal length with wooden handle, component for Huygen's 210-Foot aerial telescope

Musschenbroek hand microscope, Netherlands, 1671-1700

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1671-1700

Musschenbroek hand microscope, Dutch, late 17th century

Clay tobacco pipe, English, 1650-1700

Smoking

1650-1700

Clay tobacco pipe, English, 1650-1700

Memento mori ring, United Kingdom, 1692

Wellcome (general)

1692

Gold memento mori ring, set with a circular transparent stone which contains an image of a skull and cross bones, inscribed, 1692

Syrup jar for Syrup of Roses, Faenza, Italy, 1571-1600

Medical Ceramic-ware

1571-1600

Albarello vase, Italian, C16 from Faenza, polychrome maiolica, used for laxative rose syrup, fine example

Traction apparatus, Italy, 1501-1550

Orthopaedics

1501-1550

Traction apparatus, probably Italian, probably early 16th century, possibly iron, wood, leather, wool and brass

Pewter theriac container

Pharmacy-ware

1603

Cylindrical pewter theriac container with drop of original contents (may contain a low level of opiates). 70 mm x 53 mm diameter, .13 kg. Separate lid inscribed round profiled head "Teriaca fina alla resta doro in Venet." Unknown maker, from Venice, Italian, dated 1603.

Cinchona bark, Europe, 1601-1700

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1601-1700

Single piece of cinchona bark, once in a replica of a 17th century box from the Pharmacie della Scala, Rome, bark apparently original, seventeenth century

Syrup jar used for Scabious Water, Italy, 1648

Medical Ceramic-ware

1648

Syrup jug, Italian from Deruta in 1648, fine polychrome maiolica, used for scabwort water

Earthenware warming pan

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1651-1700

Warming pan, earthenware, from Lisieux, green glaze, French, 1651-1700

Figure of a man in a coffin, Italy, 1501-1600

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1501-1600

Wooden statue, carved of a dead man, in miniature coffin, Italian, 16th century