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Buckskin amulet in the form of a tortoise

1850-1930

Head hunter's basket decorated with raffia fringing

1851-1920
Lung specimen, whole slice of right lung with carcinoma. This specimen is from a female patient aged 60, a regular smoker with a short history of coughing.

Lung specimen

before 2010
Anteroposterior axis sectioned scapula bone, and proximal end of a humerus bone, exhibiting signs of osteoporosis

Sectioned scapula bone and end of humerous bone

before 2010
Preserved human left arm

Wax injected human left arm

1831-1870
Preserved human left hand, mid 19th century

Wax injected human left hand

1831-1870
Pathology specimen of a lung Lung: Acute interstitial emphysema and bronchopneumonia. Human remains preserved in Kaiserling III solution, mounted in an acrylic container.

Pathology specimen of a lung

Pathology specimen of a brain Brain: Haemorrhagic infarction. Humain remains preserved in Kaiserling III solution, mounted in an acrylic container.

Pathology specimen of a brain

Pathology specimen of a arteries Blood vessels showing medial calcification (Monkeberg's Sclerosis). Human remains preserved in Kaiserling III solution, mounted in an acrylic container.

Pathology specimen of arteries

Sectioned skull, by Tramond, French, 1870-1900

Prepared anatomical skull

1870-1900
Pathology specimen of a liver Fatty liver in pernicious anaemia. Human remains preserved in Kaiserling III solution, mounted in an acrylic container.

Pathology specimen of a liver

Pathology specimen of an appendix Gangrenous appendicitis. Human remains preserved in Kaiserling III solution, mounted in an acrylic container.

Pathology speciemn of an appendix

Sectioned skull in glass display case, by Tramond, French, 1870-1900

Prepared anatomical skull in glass display case

1870-1900
Buddhist human skull vessel and brass stand, Tibetan, 18th or 19th century

Buddhist human skull vessel and brass stand

1701-1900
A set of 12 slides, large format (5" x 7" or 6" x 8") with thin-sectioned human tissue, each stained with one of the three stains (haematoxylin and eosin, modified silver or thionin-based Nissl stain).

Set of 12 human tissue slides

circa 2009
Kurdaitcha sandal/shoe, made of matted emu feathers, blood, hair cord and knitted string, part of kurdaitcha hunting ritual, Arrernte people (Arunta), central Australia, 1880-1920

Kurdaitcha sandal/shoe

1880-1920
Mummified head, without wrappings, no provenance, Egyptian, 1300-300 BCE

Mummified head, Egypt, 1300-300 BCE

1300-300 BCE
Microscope slide, dated March 1866, of TRICHINA in human muscle prepared at the London Hospital.

Microscope slide of TRICHINA in human muscle

1866-03
One male human skeleton of Iron Age date from Whitegate Farm, Bleadon. 'Bleadon Man’ is a skeleton of a 50 year-old man found during the building of new houses in Bleadon, Somerset, near Weston-super-Mare, in 1997. He had been 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 metres) tall and suffered from arthritis. The bones were carbon-dated to 100 BCE

Skeleton of Bleadon Man, 1999.

100 BCE
Microscopical preparations of section of tubercular lung, glass, prepared by Dr. James Macartney, Dublin, 1824

Microscopical preparation of a tubercular lung, Dublin, Ireland, 1824

1824
Leather amulet with bead decoration, possibly turtle or lizard form, likely to contain umbilical cord, Indian Plains, North America, late 19th century

Beaded amulet in form of a turtle

1871-1900
Microscopical preparation of injected foetal half-stomach, glass plate, possibly prepared by John Quekett (1815-1861), 1838-1842

Microscopical preparation prepared by Quekett

1838-1842
Mummified infant, no provenance, Egyptian, 2000-101BCE (see note).

Mummified infant, Egypt, 2000-101 BCE

2000-101 BCE
Thirteen microscope slides in wooden box, relating to human lice in trench fever work, by F. Martin Duncan, 1918-19.

Thirteen microscope slides in wooden box

1918-1919
Microscopical preparation of tumour, prepared by Dr. Thomas Hodgkin, glass plate, 1833-1837

Microscopical preparation of a tumour, England, 1833-1837

1833-1837