Search our collection | Science Museum Group Collection

Battery powered auriscope, cased, owned by Dr. J.W

Clinical Diagnosis

1920-1935

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Loadstone, probably used for curing or prevention

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

Aircraft crash Accelerometer in case with spares a

Farnborough

Box, wood, leather covered, ostensibly for surgical instruments

Wellcome (general)

1501-1900

Apothecary's scales with steel beam and brass pans

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1850

Case, red leather, for camera lucida

Optics

1835-1840

Cystoscope by the American Cystoscope Company Inco

Clinical Diagnosis

1940-1960

Caset set of bronchial telescopes

Clinical Diagnosis

1931-1950

Cystoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1930-1960

Six tattooing needles in small wooden box, European, 1780-1860

Six tattooing needles in small wooden box, Europea

Anatomy & Pathology

1780-1860

Collison inhaler, for adminisration of measured quantities of drugs to the lungs using bottled air or oxygen, comprises: valve assembly, tubing, facemask, two vials, 4 bottles of Amprengene, Comphugene and oil of cajuput, benalyn and adrenalin, and spanner, by the Inhalation Institute, 87 Eccleston Square, London, England, 1934-1940.

Collison inhaler, for administration of measured quantities of drugs to the lungs

Therapeutics

1934-1940

Blood transfusion apparatus boxed, "Scannell" model, made by Macgregor Instrument Co., Needham, Massachusetts, USA, 1920-1955

Blood transfusion apparatus

Public Health & Hygiene

1920-1955

Essence box, Italian, with 13 bottles, late C18

Book-shaped essence box, late 18th century.

Pharmacy-ware

1751-1800

Enema set, with syringe having finger rings, rectal nozzle, urethral tube, in case, by W. Matthews, 10 Portugal Street, Lincoln's Inn, London, England, probably 1801-1900.

Enema set, with syringe having finger rings, recta

Therapeutics

1801-1900

High power micromanipulator, Mark III, by the Singer Instrument Co. Ltd., 1950s

High Power Micromanipulator, 1950s

Laboratory Medicine

1950-1959

Metal mouthpiece, inserted into the mouth to improve respiration , by Nightingale, in original box

Metal mouthpiece, inserted into the mouth to impro

Therapeutics

Essence box in form of book, with 3 bottles, C18

Pharmacy-ware

1701-1800

Essence box in form of book, with 5 bottle, 17th century

Essence box in form of book, with 5 bottle, 17th c

Pharmacy-ware

1601-1700

Ornate wooden box containing two balances, a set of weights, several tweezers and other instruments, balance stand (without contents see other parts), balance beam in two parts, Persian, 19th century.

Ornate wooden box containing two balances, a set o

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Hindu astrolabe, silver, with linen pouch and hardwood case, unsigned, 19th century, Indian

Hindu astrolabe, 1800-1899

Astronomy

1800-1899

Set of coin scales a in a rectangular wooden box (without weights see other parts), box makers mark impressed inside, made by Matthias Mettman, a well known Cologne scalemaker, German, 1651

Coin scales

Pharmacy-ware

1651

Linen pouch for Hindu astrolabe, silver, 19th century.

Linen pouch, for Hindu astrolabe, 1800-1899

Astronomy

1800-1899

Cupping set, with scarificator, 3 sets of blades, cupping glass with cover, in cylindrical case, 1801 to 1850

Cupping set with scarificator

Therapeutics

1801-1850

Portable cautery transformer, with bayonet fitting for attaching to light socket, in leather covered case, made by Thackray, Leeds, English, 1920-1930

Portable cautery transformer, with bayonet fitting

Therapeutics

1920-1930

Glass and vulcanite piston action syringe, with two nozzles, in original wooden box

Glass and vulcanite piston action syringe, with tw

Surgery

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, 1 weight remains, English, 1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

Painted plastic strips, showing varying skin colours, possibly for testing peripheral blood flow, with explanatory letter by the artist, probably prototype for Thomas Lewis's kit, 1926

Painted plastic strips, showing varying skin colou

Clinical Diagnosis

1926

Cautery apparatus in rectangular leatherette covered case, consisting of transformer coil and 2 cautery heads with ebonite handle, patented and made by the Post Electric Company, New York, USA., c.1926

Cautery apparatus in rectangular leatherette

Surgery

1926

Sliding stud rheostat in box possibly connected with the mechanical masseur under A657379-84, Riviere material, possibly French, 1855-1910

Sliding stud rheostat in box possibly connected wi

Therapeutics

1885-1910

Taking set, with instructions, in carton, German, 1935

Taking set, with instructions, in carton, German,

Laboratory Medicine

1935

Barker Universal Motorised massager in black case, 1905-1930; compare 1985-653

Barker Universal Motorised massager in black case,

Therapeutics

1905-1930

Reservoir enema, in leather case with pewter and ivory rectal nozzles, by Savigny and Co., 67 St. James's Street, London, England, 1810-1850.

Reservoir enema, in leather case with pewter and i

Therapeutics

1810-1850

Apothecary's balance with brass beam and glass pans, in rectangular wooden box, no weights, made by Richard Pallet, 91 Leadenhall Street, London, England, 1750-1900.

Apothecary's balance with brass beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Copy of Tyndall's apparatus used to test Pasteur's germ theory, 1875

Copy of Tyndall's apparatus used to test Pasteur's

Laboratory Medicine

1973

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, with 1 weight, English , 1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Mechanical vibrator hand-operated, in wooden box, by J. E. Garrett, 96 Southwark Street, London, England, 1890-1910.

Mechanical vibrator hand-operated, in wooden box,

Therapeutics

1890-1910

Apothecaries balance with steel beam and glass pans, in rectangular wooden box, no weights remain, English, 1831-1870

Apothecaries balance with steel beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Steel beam from apothecary's balance, and brass stand in pine chest, with no other accessories, English, 1801-1900

Steel beam from apothecary's balance, and brass st

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecaries balance with brass beam and horn pans, in rectangular wooden box, one set of grain weights in box, English, 1801-1900

Apothecaries balance with brass beam and horn pans

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Cupping set, with 10 blade scarificator, 7 cupping glasses, spirit lamp and syringe, in fishskin case, late 18th or early 19th century, English

A cupping set, late 18th or early 19th century

Therapeutics

1771-1830

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pans, in wooden box with stand, no weights remain, English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pa

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecaries scales, with steel beam and brass pans, shears missing, in rectangular wooden box, with 4 assorted weights, made by W. & T. Avery of Birmingham, whole made in England, 1801-1900

Apothecaries scales, with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, with 10 assorted weights, English, 1700-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

set of scales, seel beam with swan-necked beam ends, brass pans, in wooden box with 16 assorted weights, probably English, nineteenth century

set of scales, seel beam with swan-necked beam end

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in wooden box with stand and 12 assorted weights, English, 1850-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1900

Set of Dr.G.W. Melotte's Gold Crown Dies, in wooden box, supplied by the S.S. White Dental Mfg. Co., USA, c.1900

Set of Dr.G.W. Melotte's Gold Crown Dies, in woode

Dentistry

Apothecary's scales, with iron beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, weights missing, European, 1801-1900

Apothecary's scales, with iron beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecaries balance with steel beam and glass pans, in wooden box, with folding stand as part of lid, European, nineteenth century

Apothecaries balance with steel beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Enema syringe with doubly hinged pipe and ivory nozzle, in case, 18th century

Enema syringe with doubly hinged pipe and ivory no

Therapeutics

1801-1900