George III's philosophical table

King George III

1761-1762

Radiation protection apron

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

Pasteur-Chamberland-type water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1884-1900

Camera obscura

King George III

1701-1752

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

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100 BCE - 100 CE

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

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1937-1938

Set of sixty miniature heads used in phrenology

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1831

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

Wellcome (general)

1642-1649

Gunter quadrant

Astronomy

1650-1725

Ancient Egyptian bronze mirror, Egypt, 800-100 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

800-100 BCE

George III's clockwork bell

King George III

1761

Pocket microscope by Jeremiah Sisson

Microscopes

1752

Simple theodolite

Surveying

1600-1630

Tobacco pipe

Smoking

1851-1930

Mattei's electro-homeopathic treatments, Bologna, Italy, 1871-1885

Pharmacy-ware

1871-1885

Compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1701-1723

Beale-type microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1871-1900

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Medicine chest used by Teddy Roosevelt.

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1909

Circular unit of Finsen lamp

Therapeutics

1890-1900

Demainbray's optical model

King George III

1752

Demainbray's rat's tail crane model

King George III

1735-1753

The Ivel Agricultural Tractor

Agricultural Engineering

1902; 1913-1920

Rigged Model of the H.M.S. 'Warrior'

Warships

1860-1913

Incomplete mechanical orrery

Astronomy

Wooden case for blood transfusion apparatus

Public Health & Hygiene

1917-1918

Model of a flogging scene

Asian Medicine

1880-1910

Dental instruments used for tooth pulling, France, 1700-1800

Dentistry

1700-1800

Toilet box, Ancient Egyptian, 650-350 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

650-350 BCE

Replica of a 19th-century restraint harness, England, 1930-1940

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1930-1940

Box of Ortho-Novin oral contraceptive pills

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1960-1968

Flint knife, Egypt, 1000-401 BCE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1000-401 BCE

Orrery planetary model by Thomas Wright, 1718-1747

Astronomy

1718-1747

Clover's lithotomy crutch, London, England, 1860-1904

Surgery

1860-1904

Carton for ‘Racial’ cervical cap, London, England, 1945-1960

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1945-1960

Gregorian reflecting telescope

Astronomy

1817-1862

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

Water Transport

1958-1965

Tobacco resuscitator kit, England, 1785

Therapeutics

1785

Colour print showing three sketches of craters on the Moon

Astronomy

1872

Water testing kit, England, 1920-1940

Public Health & Hygiene

1920-1940

Clover-type portable ether inhaler

Anaesthesiology

1877-1910

Ivory statue of Apollo, Roman, 200 BCE-300 CE

Classical & Medieval Medicine

200 BCE-300 CE

Bunsen Burner, 1885-1889

Experimental Chemistry

1885-1889

Tourniquet

Surgery

1823-1829

Large working model showing the middle ear

Anatomy & Pathology

1851-1900

Photograph of gibbous Moon

Astronomy

1880

Compound monocular microscope, Vienna, Austria, 1831-1870

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1831-1870

Leatherette injection kit

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1910

Surgical instrument set

Surgery

Compound microscope no.650 by A. Ross of London

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1850-1859