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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

 
Sample of Edward Jenner's hair, 1823.

Lock of hair removed from Edward Jenner after his death, 26th January 1823, framed

 
Early inoculation items, c 1798-1825.

Cow's horn, inscribed 'G.C. Jenner, 1825'.

 
Resuscitation kit, first half of the 19th century
 
Cage for transporting leeches, 19th century.