The Science and Art of Medicine

Knife, brocze, with hooked blade, believed to have been used for cutting attachments of internal organs in evisceration prior to embalming, Egyptian, 600-200BC

• Five bronze knives, Ancient Egyptian, c. 600-200BC

Knife, bronze, hooked blade, probably used for cutting internal attachments of internal organs in evisceration prior to embalming, Egyptian, 2000-100BC

• Knives, Egyptian, 2000-100 BC.

Cerebro-spinal manometer, Guys, with case, English

• Guy's cerebrospinal manometer, 1860-1950.

Part of von Basch sphygmomanometer, owned by T.L. Brunton

• Sphygmomanometer (blood pressure apparatus), late 19th century.

Quain's stethometer in case, by Delolme and supplied by Coxeter, London. Sir Richard Quain (1816-1898) devised the stethometer to measure the difference in mobility of each side of the chest, as an aid to diagnosis.

• Quain's stethometer, late 19th century.

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.

This is an ecorche, a sculpture designed to show the muscles of the body without skin. It illustrates the male anatomy and is English, following the design of Spang. A similar figure is shown being held by William Hunter (1718-1783) in a portrait fro

• Bronze male anatomical figure on a marble stand, 1750-1800.

This illustration is from Vesalius�s work �De humani corporis fabrica� (�On the Structure of the Human Body�). The book was first published in 1543 and contained detailed descriptions and illustrations of human anatomy. This woodcut is from the seco

• Woodcut of Andreas Vesalius dissecting a cadaver, 1555