The Science and Art of Medicine

Wooden statue of Saint Tugean, or Tujean, probably French, c. 1701-1900. This saint could be invoked against the disease of rabies.

• Statue of St. Tugean, France, c. 1701-1900

Wooden plaque of Saint Lucy, Spain, 1601-1700. St. Lucy was martyred in the 3rd century AD during the persecution of the Christians by the Roman Emperor Diocletian. She became a patron of eye problems because legend told how she never wished to marry

• Wooden plaque of St Lucy, Spain, c. 1601-1700

Blank stone oculist's stamp (or seal), with inscriptions of five sides, found in the bed of the river Moselle, France. Roman, c. 400BC-400AD. Oculist's were specialised eye doctors, who treated eye diseases such as cataracts.

• Oculist's stamp, Roman, c. 400BC-400AD.

Model of Asklepeion at Epidauras, after the reconstruction of Defrasse, made in London, 1936, scale 1:66. The main temple was originally built in the 5th and 6th centuries BC as a shrine to Asclepius, Greek god of medicine and healing.

• Model of the Asklepeion at Epidauras, Greece, 1936.

Wooden statue of Saint Livertin, France, 1601-1700. Usually depicted clutching his head, Livertin is said to protect against headaches.

• Wooden statue of St Livertin, France, c. 1601-1700

Fell-O'Dwyer apparatus, steel, nickel plated, with 3 steel heads and 2 vulcanite

• Apparatus for artificial respiration, 1880s

Cutting dilator, Whistler type, for stenosis of the larynx, steel, nickel plated, by Down Bros. of London, with 2 spare heads

• Whistler's laryngeal cutting dilator, early 20th century.

Laryngeal lancet, MacKenzie type, steel, nickel plated, by Down Bros. of London

• Laryngeal lancet, early 20th century.

Laryngeal forceps, MacKenzie type, steel, nickel plated, by Down Bros. of London

• Laryngeal forceps, early 20th century.

Length of cotton lint

• Cotton lint dressing possibly owned by Joseph Lister, c. 1850-1912.