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Piece of early polythene, c. 1939

Plastics and Modern Materials

Plastic bottle of 100 tablets (6 tablets remaining) of Bio C Plus (Vitamin C), by Nutrilite, USA, 1980-1985

Plastic bottle of 100 tablets (6 tablets remaining

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-85

Pair of nylon (Enkalon) micromesh stockings

Plastics and Modern Materials

1950-1959

Acrylic upper denture reinforced with orientated polythene

Plastics and Modern Materials

1985

Plastic bottle of 60 tablets (4 tablets remaining) of daily multivitamins, by Nutrilite, USA, 1980-1985

Plastic bottle of 60 tablets (4 tablets remaining)

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-85

Polythene walking stick

Plastics and Modern Materials

1938

Plastic bottle of 100 tablets (4 tablets remaining) of Natural B complex (Vitamin B), by Nutrilite, USA, 1980-1985

Plastic bottle of 100 tablets (4 tablets remaining

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-85

Plastic bottle of 100 tablets (8 tablets remaining) of Chewables (multivitamins and iron) by Nutrilite, USA, 1980-1985

Plastic bottle of 100 tablets (8 tablets remaining

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1980-85

Is this your future?: 'Poo' gift bag

Dunne & Raby

2004

Specimen of polythene produced at the Wallerscote Pilot Plant of Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd., 22nd Dec.1938

Specimen of polythene produced at the Wallerscote

Plastics and Modern Materials

Packet of "Kan-Kan-Kan" powder for the treatment of kidney disorders and impotence, African, 1987

Packet of "Kan-Kan-Kan" powder treatment for kidney disorders or impotence, 1987

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1987

Packet of powder for the treatment of haemorrhoids, African, 1987

Packet of powder for the treatment of haemorrhoids

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1987

Bundle of eight polythene catheters, two terminated in balloons, used with pressure transducers and Cambridge recorder in intestinal motility studies, 1965-1975 at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford

Bundle of eight polythene catheters, two terminate

Radiomedicine

1965-1975

Film body dosimeter, plastic, containing Kodak radiation monitoring film, 1970s

Film body dosimeter containing Kodak radiation monitoring film

Radiomedicine

1970-1980

Polythene bag containing broken pieces of dried poppy heads. 8g. Unknown maker and origin, inside a medicine chest dating from 1780-1820.

Bag of dried poppy heads

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1780-1820

British Railways promotional leaflet "3,300 H.P. 25kV A.C. Electric Locomotive buit by British Railways Doncaster Works." Contained within the card cover are 6 external and cutaway views of locomotive no. E3056 printed onto ploythene. Each view has a key explaining the different components.

3,300 H.P. 25kV A.C. Electric Locomotive buit by British Railways Doncaster Works

Documents

c. 1960