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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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Gideons Bible

Bucket

Waste bin

Lamp

`Wear-ever' tray

milk jug

Coffee pot

1966

Gravy boat

Electric iron

sugar bowl

Electric toaster

Chamber pot

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

1950-1959

Long and Medium Waveband Radio, 1960-1970

1960-1970

Toaster

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

1971-1979

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

1946-1990

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

Specially-designed Atomiser Nozzle for Recreating Sneeze Droplets

1960-1962

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

1956

Gown and mask

Coffee pot

1947-1980

Bucket

Mirror

Light shade

Metal soap dish

Metal electric kettle

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

Saucepan

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

1946-1969

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

1946-1960

Games Sets used at the Common Cold Research Unit

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

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

Mattress for a single bed

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

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

Single bed comprising headboard

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
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
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

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

T-shirt and sweatshirt

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

Glass petri dish containing stainless-steel gauze for organ culture at the Common Cold Research Unit

Petri dish for organ culture

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

Coffee table

1947-1975
Hardboard wooden-edged jigsaw puzzle board, from lounge of volunteers' flat at the Common Cold Research Unit

Hardboard wooden-edged jigsaw puzzle board

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

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

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

Table

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