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Hughes' printing telegraph, 1860.

Telecommunications

1860

Holmgren's coloured wool test for colour blindness, Europe, 1871-1900

Ophthalmology

1871-1900

‘Larzine’ Unani medicine for malaria

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1975-1980

The Ready Reckoner' book of tables, c 1826.

Mathematics

c.1826

Print of Henry Beighton's Engraving of a Newcomen Engine

Motive Power

1717-1725

Empty bottle for Opium tincture tablets

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1940

Hirtz's compass for locating bullets, Paris, France, 1915

Clinical Diagnosis

1915

E-Z drug testing kit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1998

Public Health & Hygiene

1998

Glass bottle of penicillin powder

Biotechnology

1943

Glass vial that held Margaret Keenan’s first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, 7th December 2020

Public Health & Hygiene

2020

Entrance into Manchester across Water Street

Thomas Talbot Bury

1831

At home HPV (human papillomavirus) self-screening test kit

Clinical Diagnosis

2020-2021

Model, of Woolf's Water Tube Boiler, 1819

Motive Power

1819

Stanhope square demonstrator, c.1805.

Mathematics

c.1805

Lectern sign carrying the message 'Stay At Home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives'

Public Health & Hygiene

2020

Horary quadrant by Henry Sutton

Astronomy

1658

Box for Plasmon Nerve and Brain Food, London, England, 1900-1950

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1950

Glass bottle for De Witt’s Kidney and Bladder Pills, England, 1920-1960

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1920-1960

Form board from Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937-1949

'Rodine' rat poison, Scotland, 1948-1950

Public Health & Hygiene

1948-1950

'Dr Syntax and his wife making an experiment in pneumatics', print, London, England, 1820

William Combe

1820

Healy Pictorial Completion Test I, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1918-1919

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1918-1919

Rechargeable battery, 1945-1955

Electricity Supply

1945-1955

Tin of 500 anti-malaria tablets

Industrial Chemistry

1951-1975

Box of aspirin tablets, London, England, 1949-1966

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1949-1966

Bottle of quinine hydrochloride tablets, London, England, 1901-1930

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1930

Lectern sign carrying the message 'Stay Alert. Control the Virus. Save Lives'

Public Health & Hygiene

2020

Telescope by John Marshall

Optics

1685-1695

'Electric tonic' amusement machine, Europe, 1915-1925

Therapeutics

1915-1925

Telescope by Christopher Cock

Optics

1673

Distinguished Men of Science

William Walker

1862

Box for Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1937-1949

Pair of shoes for bound feet

Asian Medicine

1870-1910

Amulet and charm to protect against plague

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1690-1710

Artificial heart from The Jarvik Aritifical Heart System

Surgery

1975-1985

The 'Oxydonor', Canada, 1898-1930

Therapeutics

1898-1930

Lectern sign carrying the message "Hands. Face. Space"

Public Health & Hygiene

2020

Bundle of red cloth wrapped in paper labelled

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

The Great Exhibition Polka 1851

Art

1851

Oak medicine chest, Europe, 1701-1800

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1701-1800

'Post Office Telephones automatic telephone tones' gramophone record

Telecommunications

1930-1960

Telescope by John Yarwell.

Optics

1685-1695

Wheatstone printing telegraph, 1841

Telecommunications

1841

Patient register

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1900-1970

Cream ceramic jar labelled "Logwood"

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Paper packet, labelled 'Blue Stone'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Hypothermia advice card, England, 1994-1995

Public Health & Hygiene

1994-1995

Pioneers of Electric Telegraphy at the British Association

Telecommunications

1865

letter written by William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), 1858

Telecommunications

1858-03-02

Folded paper packet, containing small stones

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819