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Packets of umbilical cord powder

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

4 needles with triangular points, affixed to cardb

Surgery

1920-1930

Necklace of plaited hide with 7 ivory phials attac

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1910

Set of 5 ivory vaccination points, mounted, owned by Dr. Edward Jenner

Public Health & Hygiene

1796-1823

Clear glass hydrometer, tubular with spherical bulge, broken, possibly Italian, 1801-1900

Clear glass hydrometer, tubular with spherical bul

Laboratory Medicine

1801-1900

Pieces of dried narrow stem, no provenance details, 1851-1940

Pieces of dried narrow stem, no provenance details

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1940

3 tortoiseshells, plastra, "wei pang" remedy for anaemia, Chinese (?), 1851 to 1940

3 tortoiseshells, plastra, "wei pang" remedy for a

Asian Medicine

1851-1940

2 thorns mounted and framed with photograph and information about their use in smallpox epidemic in Dawaimeh, Palestine, 1921

Thorns

Public Health & Hygiene

1921

Apparatus for cranial deformation consisting of wooden board and cloth bands attached by string, used on children by Milano of Borneo, 1870-1900

Apparatus for cranial deformation consisting of wo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1900

Mounted instructions for using Dr. F.Fox's "Glass Leech" for cupping, English, 1780-1860

Mounted instructions for using Dr. F.Fox's "Glass

Therapeutics

1780-1860

Communion service pamphlet used in Liverpool Royal Infirmary, British, 1870-1960

Communion service pamphlet used in Liverpool Royal

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1870-1960

Lock of Dr. Edward Jenner's hair, framed, 1804

Public Health & Hygiene

1804

5 pairs of spectacles different design, attached to cardboard mount, Bickerton collection, English(?), 1891-1920

5 pairs of spectacles different design, attached t

Ophthalmology

1891-1920

Black belt made from roll of twisted strands of human hair with pair of decorated shell ornaments attached, used by Australian Aboriginal people, 1881-1920

Black belt made from roll of twisted strands of human hair, Australian Aboriginal, 1881-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1920

2 front teeth, knocked out in tooth avulsion ceremony, mounted on cardboard, from Sunday Island, Victoria, Australia, 1881-1920

2 front teeth, knocked out in tooth avulsion cerem

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1920

Rasp for grating guarana paste, made from fish jaw-plate, Brazilian, 1930-1937

Rasp for grating guarana paste, made from fish jaw

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1930-1937

Specimen adverse reaction report for drugs, paper, British(?), 1970-1980

Specimen adverse reaction report for drugs

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1970-1980

Piece of dried honeycomb no provenance details, 1851-1940

Piece of dried honeycomb no provenance details, 18

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1940

Necklet of red painted human bones, probably amuletic, Andaman Islands, India, 1881-1920

Amuletic necklace of bones

Asian Medicine

1881-1920

Surgical instrument, one of pair of wooden blocks, with tapered edge, for lifting lipoma, called "fau" in vernacular, used in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1930

Surgical instrument, one of pair of wooden blocks,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1930

Surgical instrument, one of pair of wooden blocks, with tapered edge, for lifting lipoma, called "fau" in vernacular, used in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1930

Surgical instrument, one of pair of wooden blocks,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1930

Piece of pearl shell, leaf shaped with human hair cord attached with gum, used to press back gums during tooth-avulsion operation, from Sunday Island, Victoria, Australia, 1881-1920

Piece of pearl shell, leaf shaped with human hair

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1920

False tooth set, Ash's "Helical" diatorics with "Natureform" posteriors, porcelain, mounted on card, by the Amalgamated Dental Co., England, 1925-1935

False tooth set, Ash's "Helical" diatorics with "N

Dentistry

1925-1935

Belt, consisting of ring of coiled string made of human hair, mounted on cardboard, from Australia, 1880-1920

Belt made from human hair, Australia, 1880-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped wooden hook with card attached, for drawing lipoma taut before cutting it, "matau" in Vaitupu, Ellice Islands, 1891-1930

Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1891-1930

Pair of oval metal-rimmed spectacles with wire-mesh shields trimmed with velvet, one lens cracked, on cardboard mount, possibly Bickerton collection, English(?), 1891-1920

Pair of oval metal-rimmed spectacles with wire-mes

Ophthalmology

1891-1920

medical illustration, gouache, watercolour drawing, diagram of an infundibular resector in use by S.T., British, 1950

Diagram of an Infundibular Resector in use, 1950

ST

1950