Classical & Medieval Medicine
2000-1001 BCE
Mummy of peregrine falcon, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BC
2050-1750 BCE
Babylonian clay liver used for divination, c.2050-1750 BC, copy, 1981
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
Mummified crocodile, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-1001 BCE.
Building Construction
Square pavement brick from Babylonia (Southern Iraq), 2nd millennium BC
2000-1000 BCE
Unbaked clay figure of animal, one ear damaged, amuletic, unsigned, Egyptian, 2000BC-1000BC
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1851-930
Carapace of turtle, in 2 sections in display box, used as emmenagogue, possibly Chinese, 1851 to 1930
Surgery
1803-876
Pocket surgical instrument set in 3-fold leather case, incomplete, by Charriere, Paris, 1803-1876
Ophthalmology
1831-900
Optometer, objective or subjective, possibly English, 1831-1900
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).
1796-1750 BCE
Two copies of Stele (copy) depicting King Hammurabi of Babylon, 1st Dynasty, 1796-1750BC
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.
Wellcome Medals
1779
Medal, silver, octagonal, commemorating the procuration of safety for the people from pernicious plague, by Charles Alexander Loth, a Belgian Duke, in 1779, by T.V.B., Belgian( ?), 1779
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
Bronze medal to commemorate P. Clare, by T. Holloway, England, 1779
Alabaster bottle, Egyptian, probably New Kingdom, 1580-1350BC
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
Two pieces of skull showing cauterisation scars, probably neolithic with photograph of similar, French, 2000BC(?)-1000BC(?)
Small bronze medal designed by T. Holloway commemorating Peter Clare and London Society of Surgeons, English, 1779
3000-1000 BCE
Mummy, infant female, said to be Egyptian, 3000-1000 BCE (see note).
White metal religious medallion, probably amuletic, Europe, dated 1779
