The Science and Art of Medicine

Barber surgeon's, double sided carved and painted wooden plaque with images of Death and Time and scene of blood letting

• Barber-surgeon's sign, 1680-1830, England

Set of surgical instruments

• Surgical instrument set, Persian, 18th century.

Length of cotton lint

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

MacKenzie's laryngeal ecraseur, plated steel and ebony, probably British

• Laryngeal instruments, late 19th-early 20th century.

MacKenzie's laryngeal electrode wood, metal and gum elastic, probably British

• Laryngeal instruments, late 19th-early 20th century.

Petit tourniquet said to have been used by Dr. Gillespie on the HMS Victory, 1805

• Petit tourniquet, late 18th or early 19th century.

Carbolic spray for creating antiseptic conditions during surgery, modification by Lucas-Championniere of Lister's invention, made by Collin and Company of Paris; French

• Carbolic acid solution spray, French, 1860-1887.

Hunting trousse, steel, brass and mahogany, English

• Hunting trousse, English, c. 1570

Ede's portable chemical laboratory with 14 labelled bottles and 46 labelled boxes of samples, by R.B. Ede, English, 1840-1900

• R B Ede's portable laboratory, English, 1840-1900.

Alchemist's digesting furnace, or anthanot, stoneware, German, 1501-1700

• Alchemical furnace and iron mannequin, 1501-1700.