The Science and Art of Medicine

This is a figure of a man with most of his skin peeled back to reveal some of the anatomy of the body. It is made from coloured wax and is mounted on a wooden stand. It is thought to be the work of Anna Morandi Manzolini (1716-74) an Italian craftswo

• Wax male anatomical figure, Italian, 1740-1780.

This half-life-size figure showing the body�s muscle system is one of a series of eight made in the 1770s for La Specola zoological museum in Florence, Italy. They were trial pieces for a set of similar but life-size figures. Made of beeswax, they sh

• Wax male anatomical figure, Italian, 1776-1780.

Male anti-masturbation apparatus, c.1871-1930. This metal device is one of a number of similar devices which were invented in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries to prevent masturbation. A leather strap which would have kept it in place is now missin

• Male anti-masturbation device, British, 1871-1930.

This model of a female lying on a velvet cloth is inside a glass display case. The figure is made from bees-wax and hair and the front can be removed to reveal the internal organs, some of which can themselves be removed. The model was probably manuf

• Wax anatomical figure of a reclining female, c 1771-1800

This is a figure of a man lying on a bed with a pillow under his head. The figure is made of wood and the front can be removed to reveal the internal organs.

• Two wooden anatomical figures 17th century

The humerus is the upper arm bone, between the elbow and the shoulder. This example is from the left arm of an adult and shows a healed unreduced fracture. It was excavated in Tell Fara, Egypt and is thought to originate from the Roman period, 100 BC

• Humerus of an adult human, 100 BC-AD 200 and broken foot bones, 4000-2001 BC, from Egypt.

Mummified cat, Ancient Egyptian, 2000-100BC. Cats had enormous significance for the Egyptian people, and their relationship with them was principally religious. The mummification of cats, and their burial within the temple, was performed to provide t

• Mummified cat, Ancient Egyptian, 2000-100 BC.

Glass bottle, long neck, two handles, Roman, 251-450AD. Glass appears to have been produced as far back as the second millennium BC by the Egyptians and perhaps the Phoenicians. Around the end of the 1st century BC glass-blowing was developed, whereb

• Roman glass bottles, 3rd to 5th century AD.

Amulet representing the god Thoth, Ancient Egyptian, 4000-30 BC. Carved from the blue rock, lapis lazuli, Thoth was one of the most popular Egyptian gods and had multiple roles in Egyptian mythology. He was the god of wisdom, writing and the moon, t

• Amulet representing the god Thoth, Ancient Egyptian, 4000-30 BC.

Plaster replica of a bust of Marcus Modius (or Piodius) Asiaticus, possibly a physcian, original Roman, 101-200.

• Bust of Marcus Modius Asiaticus, copy, original Roman, 101-200