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Fungus known as Fu ling in Traditional Chinese Medicine, China, 1850-1920

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1920

Shell, with perforated side and bark loop, used as

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910

Single pearl shell with serrated tip used for scar

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1930

Small gastropod mollusc with artificial slot throu

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1870-1920

Trochus or opercula shell amulet, against evil eye

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920

Single bivalve shell, with cutting edge, used as r

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1925

Shell dressing wrapped in paper covering, Austrian

Surgery

1914-1918

Shell, with red white and blue decorative beads, u

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1925

Single bivalve shell, with cutting edge, used as r

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1851-1925

Amulet, whelk shell with reversed spiral

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1920

Glass bottle, contains whelk like shells of unknown provenance

Glass bottle, contains whelk like shells of unknow

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Silver bound cowrie shell, hinged, opening out to reveal a small painting of a male unlocking the chastity belt of a female

Silver bound cowrie shell, hinged, opening out to

Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception

Single mother of pearl shell, broken, from China(?), 1851 to 1930

Single mother of pearl shell, broken, from China(?

Asian Medicine

1851-1930

Glass bottle, contains shell from Palestine, 1909

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass specimen jar, containing shell of gastropod, Rapana thomasiana, Chinese

Glass specimen jar, containing shell of gastropod,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass bottle, cork stopper, contains shells of Pectin and tellina species, from South America, bottle European, 1900-1930

Glass bottle, cork stopper, contains shells of Pec

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Small piece of tortoiseshell, provenance unknown, 18th or 19th century

Small piece of tortoiseshell, provenance unknown,

Veterinary Medicine

1701-1900

Small oyster-like shells, bivalve, "nukh", Indian, 1851-1930

Small oyster-like shells, bivalve, "nukh", Indian,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1930

Circular glass topped cardboard box, containing small white shells, corbula fasciatta, from Philippines, box English, 1851-1920

Circular glass topped cardboard box, containing sm

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1920

Glass specimen jar, labelled as containing Lai lei from China. See notes.

Glass specimen jar, labelled as containing Lai lei

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass bottle, contains fragments of shell, mother of pearl of unknown provenance

Glass bottle, contains fragments of shell, mother

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

2 halves of a shell used as a container for brown sticky ointment for boils and sores, Chinese, 1880-1920

2 halves of a shell used as a container for brown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1920

Ostrea shell, from Pootoo Island, China, used to cure eye diseases, 1850-1930

Ostrea shell, from Pootoo Island, China, used to c

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1850-1930

Home Office air raid precautions shell dressing, England, March 1939

Home Office air raid precautions shell dressing, E

Therapeutics

1939

Two shells, probably haliotis, of unknown provenance, 1830-1920

Two shells, probably haliotis, of unknown provenan

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Glass jar, contains wo niu (water snails), from China

Glass jar, contains wo niu (water snails), from Ch

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

Glass phial, contains brown seeds and some gastropod shells of unknown provenance

Glass phial, contains brown seeds and some gastrop

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930

specimen bottle containing some Indian cowrie shells

specimen bottle containing some Indian cowrie shel

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1940

6 shells, 1 mounted on card with a cut pencil to demonstrate its cutting power, shells possibly also used in trephination experiments by Dr T. Wilson Parry, England, 1913-1920

6 shells, 1 mounted on card with a cut pencil

Surgery

5 oyster shells owned by Dr. T. Wilson Parry and probably used by him in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1913-1920

5 oyster shells owned by Dr. T. Wilson Parry and p

Surgery

Pearl shell, with serrated edge, possibly from New Guinea, 1850-1929

Pearl shell, with serrated edge, possibly from New

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1929

Number of shell (?) fragments, provenance unknown

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1920

Fossil snail or operculum worn as an amulet against snakebite and applied to wound as a cure, Sudanese, 1880-1920

Fossil snail or operculum worn as an amulet against snakebites

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1880-1920