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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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`Wear-ever' tray

sugar bowl

Lamp

Waste bin

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

1956

Electric iron

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

Gideons Bible

milk jug

Gravy boat

Coffee pot

1966

Chamber pot

Bucket

Toaster

Electric toaster

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

1946-1990

Specially-designed Atomiser Nozzle for Recreating Sneeze Droplets

1960-1962

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

1950-1959

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

1971-1979

Long and Medium Waveband Radio, 1960-1970

1960-1970

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

1946-1960

Bucket

Saucepan

Mirror

Light shade

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

Gown and mask

Metal soap dish

Games Sets used at the Common Cold Research Unit

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

1946-1969

Metal electric kettle

Coffee pot

1947-1980
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

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

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

Single bed comprising headboard

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

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

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

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

Coffee table

1947-1975
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

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

Hardboard wooden-edged jigsaw puzzle board

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

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

Two novels and a dictionary

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

Thermometers and holders

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

Tissues, plastic bags

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

Metal jug and bowl

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

T-shirt and sweatshirt

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

Two virus storage tubes

1946-1969
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