The Science and Art of Medicine

 

On Display

Hypodermic syringe with a spare needle and metal case, late 19th century.
 
Castle constructed from various drugs, 1978-1980.

Exhibition model of castle made from various pills and drug containers, made by the East London Health Project, 1978-1980

 
Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, c 1870-1890.

Bronze statue of Louis Pasteur, full length and holding a flask in his left hand, signed Galli

 
Resuscitator kit, English, 1774.

Resuscitator for reviving "persons apparently dead", labelled "Royal Humane Society 1774", English

 
Steel bullet extractor, 17th century.

Bullet extractor, made out of steel, incomplete.

 
Case of amputation instruments, Scottish, late 18th century.

Case of amputation instruments, several makers, Scottish

 
Artificial hand and forearm, 17th century.

Artificial iron arm, for left hand below-elbow amputee. Artificial limbs such as these were expensive items made by armourers, and they allowed wearers who had lost a limb in combat to continue with their fighting career. Believed to date from the 1

 
Laryngeal instruments, late 19th century.

Throat brush, possibly MacKenzie, ebony, possibly aluminium, probably British

 
Tobold's laryngeal syringe, early 20th century.

Laryngeal syringe, Tobold type, steel and glass, by Down Bros. of London

 
Hypodermic syringe, English, c 1860.

Hypodermic syringe. Designed by Coxeter and Son, London