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Contraceptive Sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1920-1960

'Prorace' cervical cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1915-1925

First atomic force microscope, United States, 1985

Microscopes

1985

Kodak No 1 Camera

Photographic Technology

c. 1891

Replica apparatus for the extraction and purification of penicillin

Biotechnology

1986

Frame saw

Hand and Machine Tools

1700-1800

'Wagon' Boiler, 19th Century

Motive Power

1801-1840 (original); 1901 (model)

Necklace worn to ward off the Evil Eye

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Bundle of red cloth wrapped in paper labelled

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Contraceptive sponge, United Kingdom, 1901-1930

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1901-1930

Anatomical model of the spine

Anatomy & Pathology

1901

Paper packet, labelled 'Blue Stone'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Three casts tied together

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Section of plaster mould, tied with string

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Plaster five-part arm mould

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Packet, tied to wood lid, addressed “James Watt, Harper hill

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Paper packet of Manganese, tied with string

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Newspaper packet, with label reading 'Blue'

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Equal-arm balance

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

'Progress' toy gyroscope, 1950-1960

Science Teaching

1950-1960

John Logie Baird's test subject 'Stookie Bill'

Television

c. 1926

Cup and ball toy

Public Health & Hygiene

1750-1800

Specimen jar containing gosypium herbaceum

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1900

Necklace of snake vertebrae, Europe, 1871-1916

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1916

Circular crown amulet case with plaited grey string cord and fastener

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1800-1920

Necklace, belonging to witch doctor

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1932

Wharfedale stop-cylinder printing press, 1865-1875

Printing & Writing

1870

Set of Chemicals for Wet-Plate Process

Photographic Technology

1854

Necklace of snake vertebrae threaded on string

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1890-1932

Four divination plaques on a string, Zimbabwe, 1880-1920

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

McHardy type perimeter, London, England, 1885-1930

Ophthalmology

1885-1930

Napier's bones

Mathematics

1601-1700

Ivory objects, c. 1801-1920.

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920
Amulet consisting of bottle of mercury, said to cure rheumatism if carried in pocket, Lovett collection, from Scarborough, 1910-1915

Amulet consisting of bottle of mercury

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1910-1915

Toy gyroscopen top

Science Teaching

1930-1940

Games sticks

Coal Mining
1 Brush, handle bound with string

Brush, handle bound with string

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Sieve with string mesh

Pharmacy-ware

1801-1900

Pewter enema syringe, piston-action, 18th century

Therapeutics

1701-1800

Amuletic necklace, from Hebron, Palestine, c. 1880-1930.

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Copy of Roman bow drill for trephining, bronze

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1901-1936

Sand Glass in Cylindrical Brass Mount,

Time Measurement

1601-1700

Nine bags of moxa

Asian Medicine

1980-1990

decorated inro with ojime and netsuke

Asian Medicine

Leather bag with objects for divination, Africa, 1880-1930

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1930

Conoid surface model

Mathematics

1872
Rubber sponge, "Racial" brand, designed by Marie Stopes, for use at Mothers' Clinic, improved grease resisting form as used by Construction Birth Control Committee, 1931

"Racial" brand birth control sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1931

Cloth bag with 2 short projecting reed tubes

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920
2 Small pieces of sq. wood, tied to ends of piece of string

Two small pieces of wood, tied to string

James Watt's Garret Workshop

1790-1819

Glass piston rod only

Surgery