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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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Lamp

sugar bowl

`Wear-ever' tray

milk jug

Gravy boat

Coffee pot

1966

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

1971-1979

Bucket

Waste bin

Gideons Bible

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

Chamber pot

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

1946-1990

Toaster

Electric toaster

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

1950-1959

Long and Medium Waveband Radio, 1960-1970

1960-1970

Electric iron

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

1956

Specially-designed Atomiser Nozzle for Recreating Sneeze Droplets

1960-1962

Bucket

Saucepan

Coffee pot

1947-1980

Gown and mask

Metal soap dish

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

Light shade

Mirror

Games Sets used at the Common Cold Research Unit

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

1946-1960

Metal electric kettle

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

1946-1969
Tissues, plastic bags, ties and petri dishes, used as part of medical procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

Tissues, plastic bags

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

Thermometers and holders

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

Two novels and a dictionary

Crockery comprising two each of dinner plates, tea plates, soup bowls, dessert bowls, teacups, saucers and egg cups by various makers, 1955-1974, from kitchen of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Plates, bowls, cups and saucers

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

Metal jug and bowl used as part of isolation procedure at the Common Cold Research Unit

Metal jug and bowl

Indicator papers as used to monitor the pH of media in organ or tissue culture at the Common Cold Research Unit, 1946-1957

Indicator papers to monitor cultures pH

Two sintered-glass filters for the removal of bacteria from solutions, used at the Common Cold Research Unit

Two sintered-glass filters for the removal of bacteria from solutions

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

Mattress for single bed, 1940-1970, from volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Mattress for a single bed

Single bed comprising headboard, footboard, frame and springbase, 1940-1970, from volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Single bed comprising headboard

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

Coffee table

1947-1975
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

White enamelled metal table with shelf, from bedroom of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Table

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

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