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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

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

1946-1990
Battery-driven Quartz Clock by Smiths, British, 1980-85

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

1971-1979
'WHO' haemagglutination plates used at the Common Cold Research Unit

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

1950-1959
'Wear-ever' tray

'Wear-ever' tray

Games Sets used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Games Sets used at the Common Cold Research Unit

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

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

1956
Experimental device for freezing cell cultures designed by James Lovelock and Chris Polge

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

1946-1969
Long and Medium Waveband Radio, 1960-1970

Long and Medium Waveband Radio, 1960-1970

1960-1970
Monocular Microscope used at the Common Cold Research Unit in England, 1946-1960

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

1946-1960
Toaster

Toaster

Gideons Bible

Gideons Bible

Electric toaster

Electric toaster

Chamber pot

Chamber pot

Electric iron

Electric iron

sugar bowl

sugar bowl

Three-wheeled wooden framed wheelchair

Three-wheeled wooden framed wheelchair

1940-1945
Sauce set comprising yellow plastic bottle for salad cream and red plastic bottle for ketchup

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

Metal electric kettle

Metal electric kettle

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

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

Coffee pot

Coffee pot

1947-1980
Gown and mask

Gown and mask

Lamp

Lamp

Gravy boat

Gravy boat

Coffee pot

Coffee pot

1966
Metal soap dish

Metal soap dish

Specially-designed Atomiser Nozzle for Recreating Sneeze Droplets

Specially-designed Atomiser Nozzle for Recreating Sneeze Droplets

1960-1962
milk jug

milk jug

Waste bin

Waste bin

Bucket

Bucket

Saucepan

Saucepan

Mirror

Mirror

Bucket

Bucket

Light shade

Light shade

Framed photograph showing aerial view of Harvard Hospital, Salisbury, unsigned, United Kingdom, 1946-1990. Used at the Common Cold Research Unit, Harvard Hospital, Harnham Down, Wiltshire, England.

Framed photograph showing aerial view of Harvard Hospital

1945-1975
Microbiological bench with stool, part of the original laboratory fittings of the Harvard Hospital, later used by the Common Cold Research Unit, American, 1941

Microbiological bench with stool

1941
Roller drum unit for agitating tissue cultures in fluid media, by Matburn Limited, London, England, 1946-1956. Used at the Common Cold Research Unit, Harvard Hospital, Harnham Down, Wiltshire, England 1958-1959.

Roller drum unit for agitating tissue cultures in fluid media

1958-1959
Two virus storage tubes, capillary type, for laboratory use at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1946-1969

Two virus storage tubes

1946-1969
Seitz filter assembly for the sterile filtration of tissue culture medium, with packet of white asbestos filter pads, used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Seitz filter and filter pads

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
Two armchairs with floral design loose covers and cushions, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Two armchairs from volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Atomiser of the type used by Lydia Fladlevya to administer live influenza virus of the Ishkar strain, during a visit to the Common Cold Research Unit, c. 1957

Atomiser of the type used by Lydia Fladlevya to administer live influenza virus of the Ishkar strain

Model 23A Direct reading pH meter used to monitor the pH of media -in organ or tissue culture at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1961-1980

Model 23A Direct reading pH meter used to monitor the pH of media

Two pipettes, four test tubes and tube stand, unsigned, British, 1950-1953 (see Note). Equipment of the type used by Marguerite S. Pereira et al. in 1953, in the explant method of tissue culture to grow a cold virus at the Common Cold Research Unit, Harvard Hospital, Harnham Down, Wiltshire, England.

Two pipettes, four tubes and tube stand, used in tissue culture explant method

1950-1953
Microtome used to cut sections of virus-infected tissue in wax used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Microtome

Four Elford filter assemblies with bottle containing two collodion filters, and spanners, used at the Common Cold Research Unit in the separation of different size viruses

Four Elford filter assemblies with bottle containing two collodion filters

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

Colorimeter by EEL used to monitor the pH of Media in tissue or organ culture at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1957-1965

Colorimeter by EEL used to monitor the pH of Media in tissue or organ culture at the Common Cold Research Unit

Waring blenders for breaking-up tissue samples for tissue culture at the Common Cold Research Unit

Waring blenders

"Salad-box" receptacle for organ culture, used at the Common Cold Research Unit

"Salad-box" receptacle for organ culture