Microbiology
1875-1895
Glass pipette, used by Pasteur to remove saliva from rabid dogs, cylindrical glass tube which tapers to a point at each end
Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
1801-1830
Development of human embryo at seven stages
Female figure, part of skin and wall of uterus removed showing foetus in utero
Orthopaedics
1915
Left above elbow prosthesis with a wooden socket connected to a wooden forearm. Metal mechanical hand with passive flexion and extension of the wrist. Elbow flexion is combined with pronation / supination of the wrist. Made by Carnes Arm Company, United States of America 1915.
Gas Industry
c.1910
Gas-heated coffee roaster, made by Uno, London, c.1910.
Telecommunications
1858-1860
Cable 'tree', decorative souvenir of the 1858 transatlantic submarine telegraph cable, made by George Rapson, England, 1858-1865. Five short sections of original cable mounted vertically and joined by brass shanks, with seven thin disks of cable (originally 10, three missing) suspended from the mounted sections, plus a model sailor with three flags on top. Mounted on a velvet covered circular wooden plinth
Wrightson and Webb
1837-1840
Engraving, coloured. The Dutton Viaduct on the Grand Junction Railway, over the Valley of the Weaver... Painted by T[homas] Creswick; Engraved by W. Radclyffe. Published by Wrightson and Webb, New Street, Birmingham. [c1837-1840]. 32x40.5cm to platemark. Image 21x32.5cm, laid to platemark 31.8x40.6cm on sheet 35.5x44cm. From designs by G Stephenson Esqre and erected under the direction of J Locke esqr. [Viaduct was completed 9 December 1836; GJR opened July 1837]. Scene includes fishing boat, basket; two small trains on viaduct. In frame 43x49x2cm
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1850-1900
Specimens of cinchona calisaya bark, probably from Peru, in glazed case, of English commerce, Howard collection, 1850-1900
Miscellanea & Curiosities
1839
Epergne, silver, designed and manufactured by Mr B Smith of Duke Steet, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, presented to Robert Stephenson, 16th November 1839.
Elizabeth Walker
1862
Walker: - Distinguished Men of Science of Great Britain 1807-8. [Proof, with fascimile signatures on paper not as separate strip] in maple frame. Designed by Gilbert and drawn by F. Skill and W. Walker. Engraved by W. Walker and G. Zobel. London, 1862.
Therapeutics
1890-1900
The main circular unit of the Finsen ultraviolet lamp, presented by Princess Alexandra to the London Hospital in 1900
1900-1910
Metal chest with hinged lid, `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910
1816
Part of electrostatic telegraph, made by Sir Francis Ronalds, London, England, 1816
Audiology
1875-1885
Ear trumpet and walking stick combined
1850-1870
Six vulcanite insulators for telegraph wires mounted on short pole, unknown maker, probably British, 1850-1870
Laboratory Medicine
1901-1914
Duboscq colorimeter, steel frame, by F. Hellige and Co., Freiburg, Germany, 1901-1914
1888
Facsimile of the telephone made in 1865 by Mr S. M. Yeates (improved Reis telephone), also made by S M Yeates, Dublin, Ireland, 1888.
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
1914
Railway carriage, built to drawing 2829 for Midland Railway, No 3463, 3rd class dining car, built 1914, withdrawn 1954.
1893-4
Letter opener with 1894 calendar and map, made for the Eastern Telegraph Company, 1893-1894
1910-1920
Murray multiplex tape transmitter, made by the Reid Brothers, Camden, London, England, 1910-1920
Clinical Diagnosis
1870-1890
Speculum, rectal, steel and brass, by Collin of Paris, from Charriere Collin and Gentile collection, circa 1880
Ethnography and Folk Medicine
1900-1914
Amuletic brooch, operculum of shell in metal rim with pin, to avert Evil Eye, European, possibly Italian, 1900-1914
Medical Glass-ware
1801-1850
Bottle, shop round, clear glass, for liquid quinine, from Savory and Moore, English, first half 19th century
Microscopy (Wellcome)
1871-1900
Beale-type demonstration microscope, English, late 19th century
1870-1920
Bone amulet in form of hand and arm, in fig gesture, protects against evil eye, from Rome, Italian, 1870-1920
Development of human embryo at five stages
1835
Type used for original morse telegraph, unknown maker, United States, 1835
1878-1890
Experimental microphone having two carbon blocks contained in a glass tube and pressed together by a spring, probably made by David Edward Hughes, England, 1878-1890
1870-1880
Compound monocular microscope, signed by Tolles of the Boston Optical Works, American, circa 1870, bought by Crisp from C. Stodder
Plastics and Modern Materials
Dog ornament (spaniel) moulded from gutta-percha, made by the Gutta Percha Company, Islington, London, England, 1850-1900
Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
1874-1902
Craniometer, stainless steel, by Down Bros.
Domestic Appliances
1903-1905
Kent's patent rotary disc hand-operated knife sharpening and cleaning machine, size 7 no. 8926, overall design based on patents 10225 and 13920 in 1852 by George Kent, most recent patents in 1895, 1902 and 1903 made by Kent of Holborn, London, and supplied by Halstead and Kestell of Royston, 1903-1905
1880-1920
Mechanical telephone, used for communicating between two places a short distance apart, unknown maker, probably British, 1880-1920
Electricity Supply
1830-1870
Vertical galvanometer, invented by Sir William Cooke, unknown maker, British, 1830-1870
1878
Pair of Bell telephones, made by S. M. James, British, 1878
Lens from prototype Cox selenium-cell magnifier equipment used in experiments carried out by Kenwrick Cecil Cox, made by Clement and Gilmer, Paris, France, 1910-1920
1900-1911
Wall telephone No. 1, purchased by the National Telephone Company for use in Britain from Western Electric, Antwerp, Belgium, 1900-1911
1822-1869
Perpetual calendar, for calculating time of parturition, wood and ivory, in leather case, by Ferguson of London, 1822-1869
Automatic telephone wall set made by Automatic Electric Company, Chicago, United States, 1900-1910
1857-1858
Sample of deep-sea section of first transatlantic cable, made by R S Newall and Company, Birkenhead and Greenwich, England, 1857-1858
1851
Specimen of Crampton's Dover and Calais telegraph cable, laid in 1851 and remained in use until 1875, made by R S Newall and Company, Millwall, London, England, 1851
1840-1880
Oval dynamometer with central scale with indicator, used by Paul Broca, a pioneering craniologist, made by Mathieu, Paris, French, 1940-1880
Smoking
1801-1880
Tobacconist's sign in form of army officer smoking Churchwarden's pipe, possibly French, 1801-1880
Wellcome Medals
1801-1900
Oval, brass(?) amulet, to protect against cholera, artist unknown, Belgian or French, 1800-1900
1870-1910
Hospital ward letter box for the posting of patients' letters, Suffolk, England, 1870-1910.
1895
Yellow metal model of a cross section of a toilet. Cream on the inside. Sticker marked 55. Part of a collection of small models of sanitary appliances, to be used for instruction in hygiene, in cabinet
1918
Hobbs, left mechanical hand. Linked index and middle fingers articulated at middle joint. Other fingers and the opposed thumb are rigid. Round wrist. Bowden-type cable routed centrally through wrist. Patent specimen 1918.
1845-1855
Cammann binaural stethoscope, presented by Cammann to Dr. Barth.
1860-1875
Brass scarificator with 12 lancets
Public Health & Hygiene
1822-1850
Vaccination lancet, double-headed, folding, steel and tortoisehsell, by Ferguson of London, 1822-1869
