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

Thorns

Public Health & Hygiene

1921

Hair from Blossom's tail, owned by Dr. Edward Jenner

Public Health & Hygiene

1796

2 nuts of blood wood, eucalyptus corymbosa, used f

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1930

Container with Asparagus stems used in Gold Coast

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular container (missing) on glass mount, conta

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Artificial mitral valve made from mitral valve of pig, mounted for display, from USA, 1976-1979

Mitral valve of a pig for human use, United States, 1976-1979

Surgery

1976-1979

Glass container, glass mount, contains leadwort bark, used by Batak of Sumatra

Glass container, glass mount, contains leadwort ba

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass, circular container (?) mounted on glass, contains various pieces of cuckoo pint root, by Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) peoples of North America

Glass, circular container (?) mounted on glass, co

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains Dundake bark, used to cause vomiting by Aborigines North Queensland, Australia

Glass container on glass mount, contains Dundake b

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular, glass container on glass mount, containing Paimse, from Malaya

Circular, glass container on glass mount, containi

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular glass container (missing), glass mount, contains samudar seeds from North Queensland, Australia

Circular glass container (missing), glass mount, c

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains ginger lily roots, from East Africa

Glass container on glass mount, contains ginger li

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains asas bark, used by Ovimbundu tribe of Angola to treat diarrhoea

Glass container on glass mount, contains asas bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, on glass mount, contains seeds of quinoa, from Chile (?), South America

Glass container, on glass mount, contains seeds of

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

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

Glass container with dried leaves of tea plant, glass plate with other materia medica

Glass container with dried leaves of tea plant, gl

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1938-1940

Specimen bottle and glass mount (container missing) of turmeric, used for indigestion in Sudan

Specimen bottle and glass mount (container missing

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

3 cutting instruments of flint, probably made by Dr.T. Wilson Parry for use in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1913-1920

3 cutting instruments of flint, probably made by D

Surgery

1913-1920

Sample of cannabis 'churris', mounted in a plastic dish on a display board describing the product, its effects and its uses.

sample; controlled drug; cannabis

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Sample of cannabis 'hashish', mounted in a plastic dish on a display board describing the product, its effects and its uses.

sample; controlled drug; cannabis

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Block of opium resin, mounted on a display board describing the product, its effects and its uses.

sample; controlled drug; opium

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1938

Container with bark from sweet flag, used to cure toothache by Chippewa Indians, N. America

Container with bark from sweet flag, used to cure

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular container mounted on glass, plus specimen jar, bottle contain bark from Buka, Soloman Islands

Circular container mounted on glass, plus specimen

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular glass container on glass mount, containing cinchona, Peruvian bark, used by Ijca Indians, from South America, 1900-1930

Circular glass container on glass mount, containin

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, containing pieces of unidentified dried bark

Glass container, containing pieces of unidentified

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1871-1938

Glass container mounted on glass, contains berries of sumach, used by the Pawnee Indians of North America

Glass container mounted on glass, contains berries

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, contains material from papaw tree, used for constipation by Batak of Sumatra, container foreign, 1900 to 1930

Glass container, contains material from papaw tree

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, containing black currant, used by Winnebago Indians North America

Glass container on glass mount, containing black c

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, on glass mount, contains virginian prune bark, from North America used by Chippewa Indians

Glass container, on glass mount, contains virginia

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains maqui berries, from South America

Glass container on glass mount, contains maqui ber

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, contains makungu seed parts, from Kenya and Nigeria (?)

Glass container, contains makungu seed parts, from

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains Angola bean bark, from Angola

Glass container on glass mount, contains Angola be

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, on glass mount, contains chacot pods fragments from Dakota, North America

Glass container, on glass mount, contains chacot p

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container with seeds and peel of bitter apple, used as purgative from Morocco

Container with seeds and peel of bitter apple, use

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container mounted on glass, container missing, piece of "utende" bark from Caconda, Angola

Container mounted on glass, container missing, pie

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container with black peppercorns, used in Malaya, mount foreign(?), 1900 to 1930

Container with black peppercorns, used in Malaya,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Two glass containers and bottle contain Beth root, used to treat various diseases in North America by the Indians

Two glass containers and bottle contain Beth root,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, containing pieces of oak bark

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1940

Glass container on glass mount, contains papaw, from Fiji

Glass container on glass mount, contains papaw, fr

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Container with snake root, used by various North American tribes for a variety of medicinal purposes

Container with snake root, used by various North A

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains cinchona from South America, container

Glass container on glass mount, contains cinchona

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular container, remains, mounted in glass, contains somfera (?) roots, Africa

Circular container, remains, mounted in glass, con

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, contains Bitter Quassia bark, used to treat fever by Guiana Indians

Glass container, contains Bitter Quassia bark, use

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, on glass mount, contains bark of Indian coral tree, from Solomon Islands

Glass container, on glass mount, contains bark of

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains snow grass, flowers and stems, from Morocco

Glass container on glass mount, contains snow gras

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, contains Tutu leaves and stems, from New Zealand

Glass container, contains Tutu leaves and stems, f

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Circular glass container (base only remains), on glass mount, contains Indian wild pepper, from Samoa

Circular glass container (base only remains), on g

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains kava kava, from Samoa

Glass container on glass mount, contains kava kava

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container on glass mount, contains bark, from Angola

Glass container on glass mount, contains bark, fro

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass container, contains glue plant bark, from Angola, West Africa

Glass container, contains glue plant bark, from An

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930