Classical & Medieval Medicine
2050-1750 BCE
Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981
2000-1001 BCE
Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC
2000-1350 BCE
Earthenware oil jar, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC
Resin replica of a clay model of a sheep's liver used for divination, original Babylonian, original 2050BC to 1750BC
Surgery
1803-876
Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather case, incomplete, by Charriere, Paris, 1803-1876
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).
Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.
Building Construction
Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC
Asian Medicine
1766-1122 BCE
Bronze sacrificial bowl, used for blood libations, Shang Dynasty, Chinese, 1766-1122 BCE
Medical Ceramic-ware
1756
Pair of storage vases, made by P. Criscuolo at Castelli in 1756, decorated with scenes of Death of Absalom and St Peter's escape from prison, tin-glazed earthenware
Ophthalmology
1831-900
Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly English, 1831-1900
Tonsil lancet, silver, possibly London, 1756, first mark illegible
Therapeutics
Scarificator with sixteen lancets, brass and steel, English, 1756
2000-1000 BCE
Unbaked clay figure of animal, one ear damaged, amuletic, unsigned, Egyptian, 2000BC-1000BC
Hand and Machine Tools
Trying plane, 1756
.Unattributed
trade card. print. letterpress. Watch Wheels, repeating and common are ffinish'd from the Blank (or after cut down but rather from the Blank) By W. Barrow & W Lovelace, at the Golden-Lion in Saint Martins Le-Grand, London. Text description of goods sold for clock and watchmakers, artificial magnets etc. Note in MS Wm. Barrow removed to Woolton near Prescott, Lancashire 1756. 12.5 x 17.5 cm (Calv. 31)
John Boydell
Print. A View of Chelsea Water Works / J Boydell del. & Sculp. - Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J Boydell Engraver at the Globe near Durham Yard in the Strand [London] 1756. Engraving, handcol.; image 24x41.5cm on sheet 26.5x43cm. Price 1s. Numbered br, 'No 5'.
1796-1750 BCE
Two copies of Stele (copy) depicting King Hammurabi of Babylon, 1st Dynasty, 1796-1750BC
Wellcome Medals
Medal, silver, commemorating Dean Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Dean from 1756-60, of Paris Faculty of Medicine, by J. Duvivier, French, 1758
Agricultural Engineering
2000-1500 BCE
Two models (1:16 scale) of agricultural implements found in the Theban necropolis, XVI 11th Dynasty, 2000-1500 BC. Mounted together on a plaster base.
Medal, silver, commemorating Jean-Baptiste Louis Chomel, Dean of Paris Faculty of Medicine, 1754-1756, by Jean Duvivier, French, 1756
4000-1000 BCE
Egyptian funerary statue of man and wife, granite, Old Kingdom, from plain of Memphis
Microscopy (Wellcome)
1801-850
Large hand magnifier, European, early 19th century
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC
Silver medal commemorating the Viennese Academy, Maria Theresa and her husband Francis on obverse, by M.D.F., Austrian, 1756
Silver medal commemorating Charles Alexander Loth, associated with the University of Reims, commemorated on reverse, by Duvivier, French, 1756
Bronze medal struck to commemorate Jean-Baptiste Boyer, dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris, 1756, by Duvivier, French, 1756
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)
Medal, copper of Dean Jean-Baptiste Louis Chomel, of Paris Medical Faculty, 1754-1756, by Jean Duvivier, French, 1756
Medal, silver, commemorating Jean-Baptiste Boyer, dean of Paris Medical Faculty, 1756-1760, by Jean Duvivier, French, 1756
Silver medal, commemorates the founding of the University of Rheims(?), by Charles the Great, Duke of Lorraine, artist, B. Duvivier, medal French, 1756
3000-1000 BCE
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).
Bronze prize medal, of Academy of Leyden, artist Holtzhey, medal Dutch, 1756
Circular bronze medal, commemorates Jean-Baptiste Boyer, Dean of the Paris Medical School 1756-1760, designed by Jean Duvivier, French 1756
Circular silver medal, commemorates J.B. Boyer, Dean of Paris Medical School, 1756-1760, designed by Jean Duvivier, French, 1756
Copper medal, commemorates P=J.B. Chomel, Dean of Paris Medical School, artist J. Duvivier, medal French, 1756
