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Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

Medicine chest used by Teddy Roosevelt.

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1909

Pasteur-Chamberland-type water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1884-1900

Compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1701-1723

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

Circular unit of Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

'Tabloid' medicine chest, used for 1938 Mt. Everest expedition

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1937-1938

Beale-type microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1871-1900

Radiation protection apron

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

Statue of the goddess Hygeia, Roman, 100 BCE - 100 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100 BCE - 100 CE

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Simple theodolite

Surveying

1600-1630

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1831

Tobacco pipe

Smoking

1851-1930

Wooden case for blood transfusion apparatus

Public Health & Hygiene

1917-1918

Islamic astrolabe, 1145-1155

Astronomy

1145-1155

Imitation amber brooch in form of a cactus

Plastics and Modern Materials

1941-1950

European astrolabe, 1425-1435

Astronomy

1425-1435

Terracotta mortar, Lyons, France, 50-300 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

50-300 CE

Large working model showing the middle ear

Anatomy & Pathology

1851-1900

Compound microscope used to examine meat, France, 1851-1900

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1851-1900

Optometer, Europe, 1801-1900

Ophthalmology

1801-1900

Clover-type portable ether inhaler

Anaesthesiology

1877-1910

Model of the N.S. "Savannah" (1959)

Water Transport

1958-1965

Hand brand, for use on felons or deserters, England, 1642-1649

Wellcome (general)

1642-1649

Tourniquet

Surgery

1823-1829

Orrery planetary model by Thomas Wright, 1718-1747

Astronomy

1718-1747

Globetrotter slide rule, 1960s

Mathematics

1960s

The Ivel Agricultural Tractor

Agricultural Engineering

1902; 1913-1920

Photograph of gibbous Moon

Astronomy

1880

Czermak type laryngoscope, in case, Berlin, Germany, 1855-1865

Ophthalmology

1855-1865

Marey type sphygmograph, Paris, France, 1866-1900

Clinical Diagnosis

1866-1900

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

Porcelain figure group showing a seller of quack medical treatments, Germany, 1801-1900

Wellcome (general)

1801-1900

Student microscope, Jena, Germany, 1906-1945

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1906-1945

French armillary astrolabe, 1661

Astronomy

1661

Stone slab with seven holes for cosmetic ointments, Egypt, 1991-1786 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1991-1786 BCE

Janus flask, Egypt, 301-400CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

301-400 CE

Copper knife, Egypt, 600-200 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

600-200 BCE

Ancient Chinese bronze foot measure, 500-250 BCE

Weighing & Measuring

500-250 BCE

European astrolabe, 1548

Astronomy

1548
Menthol cones in glass jar with metal lid from `Tabloid' medicine chest used by Walter Wellman for Transatlantic balloon flight, 1910, made by Burroughs Wellcome and Co., 1900-1910

Menthol cones from 'Tabloid' medicine chest used for a transatlantic balloon flight in 1910

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1910

Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785

Therapeutics

1785

First field dressing in ring pull packet

Surgery

1916

Colour print showing three sketches of craters on the Moon

Astronomy

1872

Tube of sterile catgut ligature, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1890-1920

Surgery

1890-1920

Amulet of a lion-headed goddess

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-30 BCE