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Wooden box containing various Elastoplast first aid products.

The box contains:
Elastoplast dressing strip
Elastoplast finger dressing
Elastoplast dressing strip
Elastoplast bandages
Elastoplast emergency wound dressing
Elastoplast…

Case containing instruments used to visually count the number of cells in a blood sample.

The case contains:
Haemocytometer
Kilnostik ototscope
Kit for draining fluid from the body
Portable paraffin stove
Ophthalmoscope
Microscope set
Roll…

This bag contains:
Instrument for testing for diabetes
Wooden box containing surgical instruments
Dr Sotheby's Drainage Trocar
Metal box of surgical instruments
Leather case containing surgical instruments
Object of measurement
Ear…

This box contains:
Batches of smallpox vaccine
Typhoid-paratyphoid A&B and tetanus vaccine
Enpac
Calomel
Diphtheria and tetanus vaccine
Acetylarsan
Sterile disposable syringe-needle combination
Packet of icterine
Poliomyelitis vaccine
Human…

This case contains:
Hypothermic and ophthalmic case
Disposable syringe
Set of cannula needles
Glass medicine bottle
Camman stethoscope
Bowles stethoscope
Surgical head mirror
Ear syringe
Pouch for storing syringes
Boots 'Rustless'…

This bag was donated by Elizabeth Strong, the daughter of John Strong. Professor John Strong was a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh, served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War and was President of the Royal College of…

Similar to plate 13 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Unsigned [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of an old woman, D. B., aged 72. Mania, not hereditary, of nine weeks duration; after an attack of inflammation, with…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Similar to plate 14 of Morison’s 'The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases' (1840). Initialled A J [Alexander Johnston].

'Portrait of D. B., No. 13, in a state of monomania; in this case the…

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Signed A Johnston. The drawing is of one of a pair of sculptures by Caius Gabriel Cibber made for the gate of Bethlem Hospital and now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Illustration from the collection of Alexander Morison. Unsigned [Charles Gow].