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Conch shell trumpet used by people of New Guinea a

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1850-1920

Stuffed "princely Mastigure" lizard amulet

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1881-1900

Conch-shell trumpet, damaged, Papuan, from New Gui

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1920

Specimen of mounted coral from the Caribbean, 1901

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1901-1950

Stuffed and coiled snake, reputedly bit Albert Cal

Veterinary Medicine

1895-1897

Mole stuffed with cotton wool, damaged, amuletic,

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1925
Circular glass-topped tin containing small shell of gastropod molluscs, no provenance details, 1851-1920

Circular glass-topped tin containing small shell o

Veterinary Medicine

1851-1920
Kingfisher, brings fair weather to fishermen when nailed to mast, from Sussex, English, 1901-1930

Kingfisher, brings fair weather to fishermen when

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1901-1930
Glass specimen bottle, containing small cochineal insects, from the Canaries

Glass specimen bottle, containing small cochineal

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930
Glass specimen bottle, containing chuen hsieh, scorpions from China

Glass specimen bottle, containing chuen hsieh, sco

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935
Glass specimen jar, containing ti lung, dried earthworms from China

Glass specimen jar, containing ti lung, dried eart

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935
Carved wooden copy of cobra with extended hood, articulated, probably from Egypt, 1801-1910

Carved wooden copy of cobra with extended hood, ar

Veterinary Medicine

1801-1910
Small piece of tortoiseshell, provenance unknown, 18th or 19th century

Small piece of tortoiseshell, provenance unknown,

Veterinary Medicine

1701-1900
Specimen of hydrozoa, pennaria cavolinni, in glass and wood mount, no provenance details, 1861-1930

Specimen of hydrozoa, pennaria cavolinni, in glass

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1861-1930
Circular flat glass topped box made of cardboard, containing small bivalve mollusc shells, no provenance details, 1851-1920

Circular flat glass topped box made of cardboard,

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1920
Glass-topped circular specimen tin containing shells of molluscs, no provenance details, 1851-1920

Glass-topped circular specimen tin containing shel

Veterinary Medicine

1851-1920
2 seahorses, used by the Chinese as a tonic

2 seahorses, used by the Chinese as a tonic

Materia Medica & Pharmacology
Specimens of Anopheles, Culex and Aedes egypt mosquito, in wooden box, from St.Georges Hospital, London, mid 20th century

Specimens of Anopheles, Culex and Aedes egypt mosquitoes

Microbiology
Glass jar, containing four black beetles' bodies or skeletal structures, Chinese materia medica

Glass jar, containing four black beetles' bodies o

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1920
Glass specimen bottle, ground glass stopper, contains blistering beetles from Islands, bottle European, 1900-1930

Glass specimen bottle, ground glass stopper, conta

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
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 bottle, containing cochineal insects from the Canaries Spanish

Glass specimen bottle, containing cochineal insect

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930
Glass specimen jar, containing ch'uan hsieh, crushed scorpion remains from China

Glass specimen jar, containing ch'uan hsieh, crush

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935
Glass specimen jar, containing hung niang, blistering flies, probably Chinese

Glass specimen jar, containing hung niang, blister

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935
Glass-topped circular specimen tin containing shell of gastropod molluscs, no provenance details, 1851-1920

Glass-topped circular specimen tin containing shel

Veterinary Medicine

1851-1920
Four dried, mounted amphibian skins of unknown provenance 1830-1900

Four dried, mounted amphibian skins of unknown pro

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1830-1900
Circular cardboard box, containing small bivalve mollusc shells, no provenance details, 1851-1920

Circular cardboard box, containing small bivalve m

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1920
Two dried specimen of phrynocephalus frontalis lizard, used to cure rheumatism, China, 1901-1914

Two dried specimen of phrynocephalus frontalis liz

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1901-1914
Glass specimen jar, containing chia p'ien, scales of pangolin, scaly ant-eater, Chinese

Glass specimen jar, containing chia p'ien, scales

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935
Glass specimen jar, containing tu pieh Chinese corckroaches

Glass specimen jar, containing tu pieh Chinese cor

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935
Glass bottle, which contains a diseased silkworm, used by Pasteur in his investigations into the diseases of silkworms during 1860-1869

Glass bottle, which contains a diseased silkworm,

Microbiology

1860-1869
Circular cardboard box, containing small mollusc shells, box English, 1851-1920

Circular cardboard box, containing small mollusc s

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1920
Circular cardboard box, containing small gastropod mollusc shells, box English, 1851-1920

Circular cardboard box, containing small gastropod

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1920
Glass display dome, wooden base, containing two Colorado potato beetles from Nebraska, USA, case English, 1880-1950

Glass display dome, wooden base, containing two Co

Veterinary Medicine

1880-1950
3 trephining instruments with shark's tooth blades and wooden handles, presumably made by Dr. Wilson Parry for use in experiments on neolithic trephination, England, 1918-1920

3 trephining instruments with shark's tooth blades

Surgery

1918-1920
Pieces of elephant tooth owned either by Dr. H.J. Bailey or his son Mr. H.H. Bailey, 1890-1961

Pieces of elephant tooth owned either by Dr. H.J.

Veterinary Medicine
Lepidopteran larval stage, with vegetable (?) growth,from unknown provenance 1900-1930

Lepidopteran larval stage, with vegetable (?) grow

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1900-1930
Snake threaded on to cross of wood, so that body is passed through each of the four points, provenance unknown, 1830-1920

Snake threaded on to cross of wood, so that body i

Veterinary Medicine

1830-1920
Faience amulet, pig, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Faience amulet, pig, Egyptian, 4000-30BC

Classical & Medieval Medicine

4000-30
Ivory tusk, possibly walrus, 18th or 19th century

Ivory tusk, possibly walrus, 18th or 19th century

Veterinary Medicine

1701-1800
Two carved wooden lizards, proabably meant both lock together, spots cover both stylized faces, African, 1871-1910

Two carved wooden lizards, proabably meant both lo

Ethnography and Folk Medicine

1871-1910
Glass specimen bottle, containing plant and a grub, plant Australian

Glass specimen bottle, containing plant and a grub

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1900
Glass specimen jar, containing ch'an t'ui, cicada nymphal skins, Chinese

Glass specimen jar, containing ch'an t'ui, cicada

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1880-1935
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
Glass bottle containing four grasshoppers(?), Chinese materia medica

Glass bottle containing four grasshoppers(?), Chin

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1920
Glass jar, contains cicada beetles from China, presented by Rev. J.Graham from Tonkin

Glass jar, contains cicada beetles from China, pre

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930
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
Glass jar, contains crab from China

Glass jar, contains crab from China

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1870-1930
Circular glass topped cardboard box, containing snmall banded brown pupa-cases, box English(?), 1851-1920

Circular glass topped cardboard box, containing sn

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1851-1920
Glass jar, full of large flies with cases and wings, Chinese materia medica

Glass jar, full of large flies with cases and wing

Materia Medica & Pharmacology

1840-1920