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Model of microscope viewer, English, late 19th cen

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1860-1900

Military surgical instrument set in brassbound oak

Surgery

1890-1920

Small bell-shaped bronze mortar, flared rim and fo

Pharmacy-ware

1671-1700

Box of weights, oak, incomplete set, personal reli

Surgery

1870-1910

Cachet making machine or pill mould used in veterinary practice, eight plates with holding frame, silvered metal, mounted on walnut base, in oak case, by Fand M, French, c. 1880

Cachet making machine or pill mould used in veteri

Veterinary Medicine

1870-1890

Set of apothecaries' scales, brass pans with steel beam in wooden case, weights missing, European, 1831-1870

Set of apothecaries' scales, brass pans with steel

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Medicine chest, by John Bell and Co., said to have belonged to Duke of Wellington, 1819-1850

Medicine chest, by John Bell and Co., said to have

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Electromedical machine by Schall, 1909, English

Therapeutics

1909

Battery-powered a.c. electrotherapy apparatus by X-Rays Ltd, c.1926, in wooden case, London, English, c.1926, apparatus used at New Cross Hospital, London until 1976.

Battery-powered electrotherapy apparatus

Therapeutics

c. 1926

Brass piezometer, with two wooden measuring rods, in oak case, Metropolitan Board of Works, owner, English, 1880-1920

Piezometer

Public Health & Hygiene

1880-1920

Apothecaries' scales with glass pans, steel beam with knife edge fulcrum, in wooden case, English, mid nineteenth century

Apothecaries' scales with glass pans, steel beam w

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Electrostatic machine, in wood case containing broken glass cylinder with metal fittings, European, first half 19th century

Electrostatic machine, in wood case containing bro

Therapeutics

1801-1850

Apothecaries' scales with brass pans, brass beam with knife-edge fulcrum, made by De Grave, Short and Fanner, London, England, mid 19th century

Apothecaries' scales with brass pans, brass beam w

Pharmacy-ware

1831-1870

Foot warmer, wooden case with metal jug and handles, European, 19th century

Food warmer

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1801-1900

2 knife-like cutting instruments for use in eye operations, metal, in oak case, knives by Arnold and Sons, case by Allen and Hanburys, personal relic of Sir Thomas Lauder Brunton, English, late 19th century

2 knife-like cutting instruments for use in eye op

Ophthalmology

1871-1900

Electro-cardiograph, part of apparatus only, section for determining optical ray, steel with brass terminals, in oak case, English, c.1930

Electro-cardiograph, part of apparatus only, secti

Clinical Diagnosis

1930

Electrostatic machine, wood box, metal fittings, in case, Wimshurst machine

Electrostatic machine, wood box, metal fittings, i

Therapeutics

1901-1930

Wood and iron hand warmer in form of book, French(?), 1801-1900

Wood and iron hand warmer in form of book, French(

Therapeutics

1801-1900

Dr. Wright's intermittent venous occlusion apparatus, bladder missing, c. 1935, by Genito-Urinary Manufacturing Co. of London, 1930-1940

Dr. Wright's intermittent venous occlusion apparat

Surgery

1930-1940

Set of five dental education panels, in glazed oak cases, made by Educational and Scientific Plastics Ltd., Croydon, Surrey, for the Dental Board of the United Kingdom, c. 1950

Set of five dental education panels, in glazed oak

Dentistry

1946-1956

Frost's artificial eye, metal and glass, in wooden box, breaks down into compartment parts for storage, by Pickard & Curry, 195 Great Portland Street, London, England, 1890-1920.

Frost's artificial eye, metal and glass, in wooden

Ophthalmology

1890-1920