Image
Category
Collection
Maker
Object type
Place
Material
Date

Surgical instrument

1891-1930

Set of 5 ivory vaccination points

1796-1823

4 needles with triangular points

1920-1930

Packets of umbilical cord powder

5 pairs of spectacles different design

1891-1920

False tooth set

1925-1935

Diagram of an Infundibular Resector in use, 1950

1950

Clear glass hydrometer

1801-1900

Surgical instrument consisting of wishbone shaped wooden hook with card attached

1891-1930

Surgical instrument

1891-1930

Apparatus for cranial deformation consisting of wooden board and cloth bands attached by string

1870-1900

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

1780-1860

Pair of oval metal-rimmed spectacles with wire-mesh shields trimmed with velvet

1891-1920

Necklace of plaited hide with 7 ivory phials attached

1801-1910

Piece of dried honeycomb no provenance details, 1851-1940

Piece of dried honeycomb no provenance details

1851-1940

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

Rasp for grating guarana paste

1930-1937

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

Pieces of dried narrow stem

1851-1940

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

1881-1920

2 diagrams of Russell Brock's (Lord Brock) pulmonary valvulutome in use, and an infundibular resector in use by S.T., British, 1950 (see stroke records)

2 diagrams of Russell Brock's (Lord Brock) pulmonary valvulutome in use

1950

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

Thorns

1921

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

Communion service pamphlet used in Liverpool Royal Infirmary

1870-1960

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

1881-1920

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

Amuletic necklace of bones

1881-1920

print, portrait, caricature, 'His Lordship of London, M.D.' [Sir Thomas Boor Crosby] Men of the Day No. 1304 / W.H., printed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, published by Vanity Fair, English, 1911

His Lordship of London, M.D. [Sir Thomas Boor Crosby]

1911

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

1880-1920

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

2 front teeth

1881-1920

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

3 tortoiseshells

1851-1940

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

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

1804

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

Specimen adverse reaction report for drugs

1970-1980

Engraving of Sir Everard Home after painting by Sir William Beechey, second state, British, 1815-1835

Engraving of Sir Everard Home after painting by Sir William Beechey

1815-1835