The Science and Art of Medicine

Bullet extractor, made out of steel, incomplete.

• Steel bullet extractor, 17th century.

Case of amputation instruments, several makers, Scottish

• Case of amputation instruments, Scottish, late 18th 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

• Artificial hand and forearm, 17th century.

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

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

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

• Tobold's laryngeal syringe, early 20th century.

Hypodermic syringe. Designed by Coxeter and Son, London

• Hypodermic syringe, c. 1860.

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

• Sample of Edward Jenner's hair, 1823.

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

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

First aid kit for resuscitation

• Resuscitation kit, first half of the 19th century

Leech cage, brass

• Cage for transporting leeches, 19th century.