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Lightning conductor, model, for teaching purposes,

Therapeutics

1890-1910

Ventilator, model of patent by Robert Boyle

Public Health & Hygiene

1831-1870

Marble plaque showing woman sucking child, Roman

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1-100 CE

Wooden wall bracket

Wellcome (general)

Apothecary's sign, caduceus, wood

Pharmacy-ware

1780-1820

Door plate, brass, belonged to Dr. Abraham of Harley Street

Wellcome (general)

1910-1925

Tin glazed earthenware mosque(?) wall tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware mosque(?) wall tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1600 CE

Tile earthenware, tin glazed, used as house number

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1511-1520

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Brass door plate from the Harley Street practice of Sir Anderson Critchett, Bart., English. Sir Anderson Critchett, son of George Critchett FRCS, was born in 1845, knighted in 1901 and died in 1925. He was Oculist to King Edward VII, and specialised in ophthalmic surgery, especially cateracts. He practised at St Mary's as a consultant, and privately at 21 Harley St., W1.

Door plate, from Sir Anderson Critchett's Harley Street practice

Wellcome (general)

Glazed earthenware tile painted with Persian procession scene

Asian Medicine

1867-1913

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware mosque wall tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware mosque(?) wall tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware church wall tile bearing a

Medical Ceramic-ware

1501-1750

Tin glazed earthenware wall tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1650

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Tin glazed earthenware tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Wooden panel, oak, depicting woman holding her rib

Anatomy & Pathology

1301-1700

Two earthenware tiles, glazed, together bearing po

Medical Ceramic-ware

Brass door plate bearing inscription "Sir Lauder B

Surgery

Tin glazed earthenware border tile from a mosque

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1601-1700

Framed set of 4 glazed earthenware wall tiles, eac

Medical Ceramic-ware

1901-1935

2 rectangular stained glass windows, glass set in plaster with a wooden frame, copies of Islamic windows

2 rectangular stained glass windows, glass set in

Asian Medicine

Small piece of plaster, said to be relic from house where anatomy first taught in Vienna, Austrian, 1510-1710

Small piece of plaster, said to be relic from hous

Anatomy & Pathology

1510-1710

Piece of iron clamper brace from house where anatomy first taught in Vienna, Austrian, 1510-1710

Piece of iron clamper brace from house where anato

Anatomy & Pathology

1510-1710

Wooden ward sign with painted canvas panel, Spanish, 1750-1900

Wooden ward sign with painted canvas panel, Spanish

Nursing & Hospital Furnishings

1750-1900

Carved wooden figure, house post decoration, anthropomorphic, with large anvil-shaped headdress, from Ulawa, Solomon Islands, 1801-1920

Carved wooden figure, house post decoration, anthr

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1801-1920

Window, stained, glass

Window, stained glass

Wellcome (general)

1551-1600

Babylonian terracotta brick inscribed with cunieform script, in oak case, from the ruins of Babylon, 604BC-561BC

Babylonian terracotta brick

Classical & Medieval Medicine

604-561

2 earthenware tiles, together forming a semi-circle, floral pattern in polychrome and in relief, possibly Turkish

2 earthenware tiles, together forming a semi-circl

Asian Medicine

Framed section of Roman mosaic pavement, reputedly from Silchester, England, 100-350

Framed section of Roman mosaic pavement

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100-350 CE

Plaster cast of birth chamber at temple of Hathor at Dendera, Egypt, 31BC-14AD

Plaster cast of birth chamber at temple of Hathor

Classical & Medieval Medicine

31-14

Tin glazed earthenware mosque(?) wall tile, from Palestine, 14th to 17th centuries

Tin glazed earthenware mosque(?) wall tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1301-1700 CE

Mosaic, 11 pieces of black and white pottery on cardboard mounting, English, 100 BC to 450AD

Mosaic, 11 pieces of black and white pottery

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100 BCE - 450 CE

Stained glass window, leaded panels, central panel show an old man, possibly St Peter, scene of crucifixion and resurrection in background, probably English 16th century

Stained glass window, leaded panels

Classical & Medieval Medicine

1501-1600

Two pillars, caryatid form, carved oak, probably from a pharmacy, 16th-17th century

Two pillars, caryatid form, carved oak, probably f

Pharmacy-ware

1500-1700

Wooden window grille, with projecting niche in centre, Islamic

Wooden window grille with projecting niche

Asian Medicine

Bablylonian terracotta brick inscribed with cuneiform script, Syrian, 605BC-561BC

Bablylonian terracotta brick

Classical & Medieval Medicine

605-561

Assyrian terracotta brick, inscribed with cuneiform script, made during reign of Shalmaneser II, Assyria, 860BC-825BC

Assyrian terracotta brick, inscribed

Classical & Medieval Medicine

860-825

Metal grill fountain guard

Public Health & Hygiene

1601-1700

Rectangular terracotta floor tile, perhaps from City of London, Roman, 100-380AD

Rectangular terracotta floor tile

Classical & Medieval Medicine

100-380 CE

Piece of iron clamp or brace from house where anatomy first taught in Vienna, Austria, 1510-1710

Piece of iron clamp or brace from house where anat

Anatomy & Pathology

1510-1710