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

Glass and vulcanite piston action syringe, with tw

Surgery

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

Hindu astrolabe, 1800-1899

Astronomy

1800-1899

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

Linen pouch, for Hindu astrolabe, 1800-1899

Astronomy

1800-1899

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Taking set, with instructions, in carton, German,

Laboratory Medicine

1935

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

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

Box of "Bisco Brand" copper bands, by the Blue Island Specialty Co., USA, 1901-1940

Box of "Bisco Brand" copper bands, by the Blue Isl

Dentistry

1901-1940

Medicine chest with 18 glass bottles, none labelled(?), 3 labelled glass ointment jars, 2 labelled tins of drugs glass pestle and mortar, scales and weights, 19th century

Medicine chest with 18 glass bottles, none labelle

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1800-1870

Case for cupping set with cupping glass and bottle. 1801 to 1850

Case for cupping set with cupping glass and bottle

Therapeutics

1801-1850

Pulsimeter, glass, with colourless liquid, Wheatstone, in wooden box, probably English, 19th century

Pulsimeter, glass, with colourless liquid, Wheatst

Clinical Diagnosis

Selection of angle handpiece dental burs in wooden box, by Hager and Meisinger, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1930-1940

Selection of angle handpiece dental burs in wooden

Dentistry

1930-1940

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

Blood transfusion apparatus

Public Health & Hygiene

1920-1955

Apothecary's balance with steal beam and glass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, no weights, English, 1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steal beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

Two bar magnets with pair of keeps in wooden box, belonging to F.W. Ogg, European, early 20th century

Two bar magnets with pair of keeps in wooden box,

Therapeutics

1901-1930

Set of scales, brass pans, steel beam, in wooden box with stand which is secured into fitment on open box lid, European, 1801 to 1900

Set of scales, brass pans, steel beam, in wooden b

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in small red leather covered box, with 3 assorted weights (?), made by W. and T. Avery, Birmingham, England, 1850-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1900

Selection of crown post keys, in box, various patterns, English, 1901-1940

Selection of crown post keys, in box, various patt

Dentistry

1901-1940

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

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

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

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Apothecaries scales with polished steel beam and brass pans, in wooden box, lined with green woollen cloth, no weights, made in England, 1801-1900

Apothecaries scales with polished steel beam and b

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, with 9 assorted weights, English, 1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, with various slips of paper, English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in wooden box with assorted weights in separate wooden block, personal relic of E. Pringle(?). English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, with 8 assorted weights, English, 1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pans, in broken wooden box with 5 assorted weights, table of weights in lid, English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and glass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam, one glass and one brass pan, in wooden box with stand, a knife, 2 weights and lump of rock, English, 1850-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam, one glass an

Pharmacy-ware

1850-1900

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans, in rectangular wooden box, 2 sets of weights in small circular cardboard box, English, 1801-1900

Apothecaries scales with steel beam and brass pans

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pans, in a rectangular wooden box, with 10 assorted weights, English, 1831-1871

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and brass pan

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1871

Brass pans only of a tiny pair of apothecaries scales, in rectangular box, with 3 sets of assorted brass weights, English, 1801-1900

Brass pans only of a tiny pair of apothecaries sca

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and broken glass pans, in wooden box with stand and weights, English, 1750-1900

Apothecary's balance with steel beam and broken gl

Pharmacy-ware

1750-1900

Apothecaries scale with iron beam and brass pans, in wooden box with velvet lining, contains 3 sets of weights, made in England, 1801-1900

Apothecaries scale with iron beam and brass pans,

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Potassium bichromate battery, for a galvanic cautery, 2 multi-plate cells and rubber bulb in rectangular box, made by Charles Chardin, Paris, French, 1880-1890

Potassium bichromate battery, for a galvanic cautery

Therapeutics

1880-1890