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Packet of 10 'Gold Flake' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

'Build a Better Burger' game

Nutrition & Food Technology

1984-1986

Pair of prosthetic limbs, for Thalidomide affected 9-year old child

Orthopaedics

1971

'Merman'

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1900

Lancet owned by Edward Jenner

Public Health & Hygiene

1720-1800

Packet of Craven 'A' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Laennec's stethoscope

Clinical Diagnosis

1815-1825

Wax anatomical model of a female showing internal organs, Florence, Italy, 1818

Anatomy & Pathology

1818

Packet of ten 'Abdulla' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Packet of 'De Reszke Minors' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Louis Pasteur’s compound microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1857-1865

Brass padlock, inscribed "secure lock"

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1831-1920

Carbolic steam spray used by Joseph Lister

Surgery

1866-1870

Oak wood statue of St Sebastian

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1520-1530

Dental pelican for tooth pulling

Dentistry

1701-1800

'Prorace' cervical cap

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1915-1925

Bird cage from Sussex Lunatic Asylum

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1859-1939

Packet of 20 'Three Castles' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Molecular model of penicillin by Dorothy M Crowfoot Hodgkin, England, 1945

Biotechnology

1945

Two bifurcated needles used for smallpox vaccination

Public Health & Hygiene

1968

Pasteur-Chamberland-type water filter

Public Health & Hygiene

1884-1900

Packet of 20 'Churchman's No.1 Special' cigarettes

Smoking

1920-1950

Penicillium mould presented by Alexander Fleming

Biotechnology

1935

Smellie-type obstetrical forceps

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1701-1800

Compound microscope used by Joseph Jackson Lister

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1830-1850

Ped-O-Jet mass inoculation gun

Public Health & Hygiene

1970-1975

Roman cupping vessel

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-79 CE

Metal lice comb, 'Derbac' brand, England, 1930-1940

Public Health & Hygiene

1930-40

Contraceptive sponge

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

1920-1960

Ivory model of a skull on wooden pedestal

Anatomy & Pathology

before 1928

Coin operated toilet lock

Public Health & Hygiene

1890-1930

Artificial arm, below-elbow prosthesis

Orthopaedics

1895-1904

'Jedi' helmet, used with Cryogenic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine

Radiomedicine

1980

Medresco portable hearing aid

Audiology

1953

Early inhaler for ether anaesthesia

Anaesthesiology

1847-1848

'Smith-Clarke Senior' adult cabinet 'Iron Lung'

Therapeutics

1953

Main component of Siemens ‘Elmiskop 1’ electron microscope

Microscopy (Wellcome)

1945-1955

Radiation protection apron

Radiomedicine

1920-1958

Calliper used to measure head size

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1886-1927

Pharmacy leech jar

Medical Ceramic-ware

1831-1870

Alarm clock, mounted on model of coffin

Anatomy & Pathology

1840-1900

Phrenological head

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1821

Ancient Greek cupping cup

Classical & Medieval Medicine

400 BCE- 100 BCE

Packet of pure quinine powder

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1890-1900

Pocket watch concealed in a memento mori

Anatomy & Pathology

1700-1936

'King’s Fund’ hospital bed

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1994

Amulet to protect against health problems

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1701-1900

St Hubert's Key

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Amputation saw, Europe, 1501-1600

Surgery

1501-1600

Pedoscope X-ray apparatus

Chiropody

1930-1955