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Items from MRC Common Cold Unit

Collection of items from the MRC Common Cold Unit, Harvard Hospital, Harnham Down, Wiltshire, England, 1946-1990

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Lino-topped desk from the volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit, Europe, 1946-1990

1946-1990

Toaster

Electric toaster

Gideons Bible

'WHO' haemagglutination plates used at the Common Cold Research Unit

1950-1959

Long and Medium Waveband Radio, 1960-1970

1960-1970

Lamp

Electric iron

sugar bowl

`Wear-ever' tray

milk jug

Gravy boat

Coffee pot

1966

Battery-driven Quartz Clock by Smiths, British, 1980-85

1971-1979

Chamber pot

Sauce set comprising yellow plastic bottle for salad cream and red plastic bottle for ketchup

Bucket

Waste bin

Specially-designed Atomiser Nozzle for Recreating Sneeze Droplets

1960-1962

Test tubes used at the Common Cold Research Unit, England, c. 1956

1956

Monocular Microscope used at the Common Cold Research Unit in England, 1946-1960

1946-1960

Games Sets used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Mirror

Bucket

Saucepan

Coffee pot

1947-1980

Gown and mask

Experimental device for freezing cell cultures designed by James Lovelock and Chris Polge

1946-1969

Metal electric kettle

Metal soap dish

Glass cruet set comprising salt and pepper shakers and mustard jar with spoon

Light shade

Three-wheeled wooden framed wheelchair, by The Gendron Wheel Co. Toledo, USA, 1940-1945, part of original material brought to Harvard Hospital by the American Red Cross

Three-wheeled wooden framed wheelchair

1940-1945
Two novels and a dictionary, 1943-1981, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Two novels and a dictionary

Walls, ceiling and door of a volunteer's flat, c. 1942, part of the Common Cold Research Unit

Walls, ceiling and door of a volunteer's flat

Thermometers and holders, used as part of medical procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

Thermometers and holders

Two lino-topped wooden tables, one square, one rectangular, by Remploy Ltd., 1961, also two wooden chairs with cushioned seats, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Table and chair

Virus storage tube for small volumes, of the type used for nasal washings at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1946-1969

Virus storage tube for small volumes

Tissues, plastic bags, ties and petri dishes, used as part of medical procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

Tissues, plastic bags

Scrapbook and collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings relating to the MRC Common Cold Research Unit, Salisbury and research into the common cold, 1980-86.

MRC Common Cold Reseach Unit scrapbook and cuttings

1980-1986
Two boxes of assorted photographs and magazines relating to the MRC Common Cold Research Unit, Salisbury and research into the common cold, 1980-86.

Common Cold Research Unit photographs and magazines

1980-1986
Circular lino-topped coffee table with shelf, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Coffee table

1947-1975
Sterile manipulation cabinet with UV air sterilizer, developed at NIMR, Mill Hill, 1957-' 9, with bunsen burner, used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Sterile manipulation cabinet with UV air sterilizer

1957-59
Utility-type wardrobe, part of original furnishings brought to Harvard Hospital by the American Red Cross, by High Point Furniture Company, North Carolina 1940-1942, later used in volunteers flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Utility-type wardrobe

Hardboard wooden-edged jigsaw puzzle board, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Hardboard wooden-edged jigsaw puzzle board

T-shirt and sweatshirt, souvenirs for volunteers at the Common Cold Research Unit

T-shirt and sweatshirt

Plastic petri dish with scratched base, the preferred receptacle for organ culture at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1963-1970

Plastic petri dish, the preferred receptacle for organ culture

`Untrypsinising' filter to remove fibres from specimens of cells, made using the filter from a wartime American Red Cross blood transfusion set, for laboratory use, from the Common Cold Research Unit

Untrypsinising filter

Bedding for single bed comprising 2 blankets, 2 sheets, 2 pillows with slips and bedspread, 1950-1970, from volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Bedding for single bed comprising 2 blankets

Two framed prints showing country scenes, donated by former volunteers, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Framed prints showing country scenes