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'Las Vacunas' booklet giving information about diseases and childhood vaccination, Colombia, 1980-1993

Public Health & Hygiene

1980-1993

Collection of ephemera concerning studies into hearing, 1970-1980

Audiology

1970-1980

Copper printing plate mounted on wood, showing Dr

Surgery

1890-1920

2 of 35 Cards illustrating Diseases and their Prevention, produced in association with UNICEF, 1980-83

Public Health & Hygiene

1980-1983

Wreath label, laid in Westminster Abbey during the

Surgery

1927

Contemporary scroll panorama of the galleries of the Great Exhibition of 1851, with charts of attendance figures, published by the Illustrated London News

scrolls

Wellcome (general)

1852

Leaflet for a work entitled 'Cases of successful practice with Perkin's Patent Metallic Tractors'.

Therapeutics

1801

Wreath label

Surgery

1927

Cards illustrating Diseases and their Prevention, produced in association with UNICEF, 1980-83

Public Health & Hygiene

1980-1983

Card notice informing the hours of surgery at Hick

Anaesthesiology

1815-1830

Empty leatherette cardboard case for the F.R.C.S.,

Surgery

1890-1925

Wreath label, laid in Westminster Abbey during the

Surgery

1927

Nurse's order book, St Audry's Hospital

Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry

1901-1950

Copy of testimonial to Joseph Lister made by his G

Surgery

1927

Wreath label, laid in Westminster Abbey during the

Surgery

1927

Copper printing plate mounted on wood block, showi

Surgery

1890-1920

Wreath label, laid in Westminster Abbey during the

Surgery

1927

Printing plate fixed to a block of wood, personal

Surgery

1920

63 copper printing blocks, mounted on wood showing

Surgery

1890-1910

Label from X-ray tube, supplied by Watson and Sons (Electro-medical) Ltd., London, 1916

Label from X-ray tube, supplied by Watson and Sons

Radiomedicine

'Bonicot' outfit, comprising a bottle of solution, a syringe like injector, and instructions, in cardboard box, for reducing the toxicity of cigarettes, by Deutsche Bonicot, Hardenberg Strasse 29a, Berlin W50, Germany, 1930-1960.

'Bonicot' outfit, comprising a bottle of solution,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1930-1960

Copy of documentation of Agnes Lister, Joseph Lister's wife, taken c.1862, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of documentation of Agnes Lister, Joseph List

Surgery

1927

Advertisement for John Bell, Hills and Lucas Ltd. products, London

Advertisement for John Bell, Hills and Lucas Ltd.

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Record card for recording patients clinical details designed by T. Lauder Brunton

Record card for recording patients clinical detail

Clinical Diagnosis

Framed photograph, glazed, of reverse of medal commemorating the 70th birthday of Rudolph Virchow, medal by A. Scharff, photograph by C. Ulrich and Co., Wollzeile 2, Vienna, Austria, 1891-1900.

Framed photograph, glazed, of reverse of medal com

Wellcome Medals

1891-1900

Framed photograph, glazed of obverse of medal commemorating the 70th birthday of Rudolph Virchow, medal by A. Scharff, photograph by C. Ulrich and Co., Wollzeile 2, Vienna, Austria, 1891-1900.

Framed photograph, glazed of obverse of medal comm

Wellcome Medals

1891-1900

Paper booklet, advertising sexual aids, by Arita Drug and Rubber Goods Co., Kobe, Japan

Booklet advertising sexual aids

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

3 postcards, identical, purchased in aid of National Defence in France, also a newspaper cutting giving information about Appeal Day for the French African Army and the Colonial Troops, Paris, France, 1915-1917.

3 postcards, identical, purchased in aid of Nation

Wellcome Medals

1915-1917

10 labels, gummed backs, paper, advertising Journee de Paris, 14 July, 1917, made by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1917.

10 labels, gummed backs, paper, advertising Journe

Wellcome Medals

1917

Instruction leaflet for vaccine, produced by the Association for the Supply of Pure Vaccine Lymph, English, 1884

Vaccine instruction leaflet

Public Health & Hygiene

1884

Copy of photo-montage of guests at banquet to Lord Lister given by his former surgical colleagues, 1897, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of photo-montage of guests at banquet to Lord

Surgery

1927

Copy of Lister's patent of arms of peerage, granted 1897, framed

Copy of Lister's patent of arms of peerage, grante

Surgery

1927

Copy of advertisement for course of surgery lectures given by Joseph Lister at Edinburgh in 1855, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of advertisement for course of surgery lectur

Surgery

1927

Copy of 19th century photograph of Lister's birth place, Upton House, West Ham, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of 19th century photograph of Lister's birth

Surgery

1840-1900

Copy of a photograph of Lister as a young man, probably taken in London 1845-1853, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of a photograph of Lister as a young man, pro

Surgery

1845-1853

Coil spring respirator spectacles, steel, in spring lid leatherette case, with original prescription issued from Catterick Camp to Arden and Co., Manchester, 12 JUN 1941

Coil spring respirator spectacles, steel, in sprin

Ophthalmology

1941

Christmas greetings card of white paper embossed with flower design on front of card also decorated with pressed and coloured plaque of cellulose nitrate saying "with fondest love" and surrounded by pink roses, about 1920

Christmas greetings card of white paper embossed w

Plastics and Modern Materials

1900-1930

Certificate of operation for a dentist, London, 18th century

Certificate of operation for a dentist, London, 18

Dentistry

1701-1800

Copy of printed letter electing Joseph Lister to Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1889, framed

Copy of printed letter electing Joseph Lister to S

Surgery

1927

Copy of document creating Joseph Lister honorary doctor of National University of Mexico, 1910, framed

Copy of document creating Joseph Lister honorary d

Surgery

1927

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to American Surgical Society, 1885, framed

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to America

Surgery

1927

Copy of warrant creating Joseph Lister a baronet in 1883, framed, made by Ficks and Co. Inc, 3133 Indiana Ave, Chicago, United States

Copy of warrant creating Joseph Lister a baronet i

Surgery

1927

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to Imperial Caucasian Medical Society, 1887, framed

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to Imperia

Surgery

1927

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to University of Kiev, 1884, framed

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to Univers

Surgery

1927

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister a foreign member of the Norwegian Medical Society, 1869, framed

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister a foreign

Surgery

1927

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to Royal College of Surgeons,Ireland, 1886, framed

Copy of document electing Joseph Lister to Royal C

Surgery

1927

Copy of document, 1905, admitting Joseph Lister as honorary member of the London Medico-Chirugical Society, framed

Copy of document, 1905, admitting Joseph Lister as

Surgery

1927

Copy of document electing Lord Lister to National Academy of Sciences, USA, 1898, framed

Copy of document electing Lord Lister to National

Surgery

1927

Twelve postcards and six photographs showing Finsen and other light therapy, at the London Hospital, as well as several of associated nursing staff, early 20th century

Twelve postcards and six photographs showing Finse

Therapeutics

1900-1939

"Also Coming Shortly", 35mm film for cinema exhibition promoting mass miniature radiography, made for N.A.P.T.(?), London, c.1951

"Also Coming Shortly" film promoting mass miniature radiography

Radiomedicine

1951-1952