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Photograph of four Italian 17th century glass pharmacy jars. The jars were previously acquired for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1951, but are no longer held by Wellcome Collection.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0011799-M0011901

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0011799: Reproduction of a watercolour described as Mesue

M0011800: Reproduction of a botanical illustration of Asterion (Silene Unifolia)

M0011801: Reproduction of a outline drawing of Greater Aristolochia (samperoirens) from Charles Singer's The herbal in antiquity and its transmission to later ages, 1927

M0011802: Reproduction of a outline drawing of Thlapsi bursa-pastoris (shepherd's purse) from The Greek herbal of Dioscorides, printed 1934

M0011803: Reproduction of a Magdalenian cave painting of a bison with four arrows on the flank, painted in outline on a cave wall at Niaux, Ariège from an unknown publication

M0011804: Reproduction of a Magdalenian engraving on stone depicting a wounded ox with a weapon in its side from an unknown publication

M0011805: Reproduction of a Magdalenian engraving of a bison found on a cave wall at Niaux, Ariège, from an unknown publication

M0011806: Reproduction of a Magdalenian engraving of an ox found on a cave floor at Niaux, Ariège, from an unknown publication

M0011807: Reproduction of two photographs showing replicas of gold objects found in a Bronze Age grave on the Isle of Arran, Scotland

M0011808: Reproduction of a photograph of a general view of Jebel Moya, Henry Wellcome's archaeological excavation site

M0011809: Reproduction of a book illustration of a bronze toilet mirror from the Iron Age

M0011810: Reproduction of a book illustration depicting a feeding vessel from an Late Neolithic infant's grave in Tours-sur-Marne, France

M0011811: Reproduction of a photograph of two human skeletons of the Upper Paleolithic (Aurignacian burial) discovered in Grotte des Enfants in Italy in 1901, from an unknown publication

M0011812: Reproduction of a photograph of a prehistoric cup-marked boulder found resting on a child's grave from an unknown publication

M0011813: Reproduction of a book illustration of a plan and section of a child's grave, and the position of three flint instruments found at the location

M0011814: Reproduction of a book illustration of a plan and section of a child's grave found under a cup-marked boulder

M0011815/M0011815EB: Reproduction of photograph and cross-sectional plan of a Mousterian burial place at La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France, from an unknown publication

M0011816: Reproduction of a photograph of an open grave in a mesolithic cemetary in Téviec and Hoëdic (Morhihan)

M0011817: Reproduction of a photograph of a Scottish Bronze Age slab-lined grave found in Ednam on the Scottish Borders

M0011818: Reproduction of a book illustration depicting a former Neolithic flint mine excavation re-utilised as a pit burial at Cumières-le-Mort-Homme, France

M0011819: Reproduction of a book illustration depicting a former Neolithic flint mine excavation re-utilised as a burial place at Tours-sur-Marne, France

M0011820: Reproduction of an illustration of The Gray's Inn Lane implement or hand axe, possibly from John Evans' The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain, 1872

M0011821: Reproduction of an engraving of a burial in Foret de Schirrein (Bas Rhein) from the Rheinish Early Bronze Age, and three prehistoric tools

M0011822: Reproduction of a woodcut depicting distillation originally from Von den gebrannten Wassern, 1474

M0011823: Reproduction of a woodcut depicting the preparation of nitric acid originally from a manuscript dedicated to Count Frederich I von Brandenburg in the National Museum, Nuremberg

M0011824: Reproduction of a woodcut of alchemical apparatus known as the "double pelican" from Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512

M0011825: Reproduction of a woodcut of alchemical apparatus known as the "pelican vessel" possibly from Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512

M0011826: Reproduction of a woodcut of a continuous burning type distillation furnace with four stills from Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512

M0011827: Reproduction of a woodcut depicting water-bath distillation possibly from Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512

M0011828: Reproduction of a woodcut of Maria the Jewess, an alchemist, from Daniel Stolcius' Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum, 1624

M0011829: Reproduction of a woodcut of Hermes Trismegistus from Daniel Stolcius' Viridarium chymicum figuris cupro incisis adornatum, et poeticis picturis illustratum, 1624

M0011830: Photograph of an Egyptian sculpture in the Botanical Room at Karnak Temple in Egypt, depicting a botanical illustration of the fruit of the pomegranate, Dracunculus and birds

M0011831: Photograph of an Egyptian sculpture in the Botanical Room at Karnak Temple in Egypt, depicting a botanical illustration of irises, pomegranates, bottle-gourds and kalanchoe

M0011832: Reproduction of a page from a Greek manuscript showing early forms of distillation apparatus including alembics (alchemical stills) with one or more receivers

M0011833: Reproduction of the woodcut title page from Laurence Andrew's The noble lyfe & natures of man, of bestes, serpentys, fowles & fisshes yt be moste knowen, 1521?

M0011834: Reproduction of the woodcut title page from Galen's De anatomicis administrationibus libri novem, 1531

M0011835: Reproduction of an illuminated and annotated page from an edition of Articella, a medical and surgical anthology, mid 15th century

M0011836: Reproduction of the title page from Hapanta ta tou Hippokratous. Omnia opera Hippocratis, 1526

M0011837: Reproduction of the woodcut title page from Floridus Macer's De viribus herbarum, 1501

M0011838: Reproduction of a woodcut depicting two surgeons with patients from Pope John XXI's Thesaurus pauperum, 1497

M0011839: Reproduction of the woodcut title page from Walther Hermann Ryff's Gross Chirurgei, oder volkommene Wundartznei, 1559-1562

M0011840: Reproduction of the woodcut title page from Den groten herbarius met al sijn figueren der Cruyden, om die crachten der cruyden te onderkennen or The Great Herbal, 1547

M0011841: Photograph of a diorama created by Helen Wilson for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, 1951

M0011842: Photograph of a display case showing different methods of trephination for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, in 1951

M0011843: Photograph of a display showing instruments of various cultures for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, in 1951

M0011844: Photograph of a display showing the evolution of the safety pin for the exhibition Prehistoric Man in Health and Sickness held at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London, in 1951

M0011845/M0011845EA/M0011845EB: Photograph of a cast of a carved shaft straightener of mammoth tusk, from the Magdalenian peoples in the Upper Palaeolithic period

M0011846/M0011846EB: Photograph of a spouted vessel and a bowl from the grave of twin babies, excavated by Henry Wellcome at his archaeological site Jebel Moya (Jabal Mayyah) in Sudan

M0011847: Photograph of a mounted cast of a tumour affecting two caudal vertebrae of a dinosaur (Apatosaurus louisae Holland)

M0011848: Photograph of a human skull-cap, described as the Châtelperron skull, from the French Early Upper Palaeolithic period

M0011849: Photograph of five Aurignacian backed knives from the Upper Paleolithic period found in Les Eyzies-de-Tayac, Chatelperron, La Croze-de-Tayac, and Laussel, Marquay, France

M0011850: Reproduction of a woodcut showing the distillation of quicksilver (refining) from Georg Agricola's De re metallica libri XII, 1621

M0011851: Reproduction of a woodcut showing sets of scales, weights and measures, representing balance, from Georg Agricola's De re metallica libri XII, 1621

M0011852: Reproduction of a woodcut showing the method of refining sulphur from Georg Agricola's De re metallica libri XII, 1621

M0011853: Reproduction of a woodcut showing glass blowing from Georg Agricola's De re metallica libri XII, 1621

M0011854: Reproduction of the title page from Ricettario fiorentino di nuovo illustrato, 1957

M0011856: Reproduction of a page showing the prescription for Theriaca Londinensis (theriac) from Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regalis Londini, 1677

M0011857/M0011857EB: Reproduction of the images depicting herbs and herb gardens on the title page of Eucharius Rösslin's Kreuterbuch, von natürlichem Nutz, und gründtlichem Gebrauch der Kreutter, Bäum, Gesteud, unnd Früchten, fürnemlich Teutscher Lande

M0011858: Reproduction of an illustration depicting an alchemist working in a laboratory from an unknown publication

M0011859: Reproduction of a page showing "chymicall characters" or chemical symbols in use during 17th century from Moses Charas' The royal pharmacopoea, Galencial and chymical, according to the practice of the most eminent and learned physitians of France, 1678

M0011860: Reproduction of an mezzotint portrait of Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), English general and Lord Protector of the British Isles from 1653-1658

M0011861: Reproduction of a woodcut showing a scene from a late 15th or 16th century pharmacy from Hieronymus Brunschwig's Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis, 1512

M0011862: Reproduction of an illustrated title page showing a scene from a 17th century Dutch pharmacy from the title page from Pharmacia galenica et chymica, 1667

M0011863: Reproduction of an initial illumination for the letter "I" in the form of a man using a pestle and mortar, from Antidotarium Magni Galeni, a 13th century manuscript in Basle

M0011864: Reproduction of an initial illumination for the letter "P" in the form of a man using a pestle and mortar, from Antidotarium Magni Galeni, a 13th century manuscript in Basle

M0011865: Reproduction of an initial illumination for the letter "V" showing various human and bird-like figures, including a man with an underarm crutch, from Antidotarium Magni Galeni, a 13th century manuscript in Basle

M0011866: Reproduction of an initial illumination for the letter "E" showing a man and an animal with buildings in the background, from Antidotarium Magni Galeni, a 13th century manuscript in Basle

M0011867: Reproduction of an initial illumination possibly for the letter "A" from Antidotarium Magni Galeni, a 13th century manuscript in Basle

M0011868: Reproduction of a page from Wilfred Edward Le Gros Clark's History of the Primates, 1962, illustrating a reconstruction of the skull of Pithecanthropus

M0011869: Photographic portrait of Dr Thomas Wilson Parry (1866-1945), surgeon who experimented and re-created 'neolithic' trephining instruments

M0011870: Reproduction of a wood engraving described as The Physic Garden, Chelsea: men botanizing in the garden, near the statue of Sir Hans Sloane, 1750, by T. W. Lascelles in 1890

M0011871: Reproduction of an engraving described as Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden by J.B. Scotin the younger

M0011872: Reproduction of an engraving of the botanic gardens at Chelsea (Chelsea Physic Garden), showing a plan of the garden, the green-houses, and the river with boats on it, from Pierre Élie Félix Perrédès' London botanic gardens, 1906

M0011873: Reproduction of an engraving described as Jardin des Plantes, Paris: as seen from across the river with the Pont d'Austerlitz and Prise de l'Arsenal

M0011874: Reproduction of an illustration captioned "Drug Mill of the Apothecaries' Company" from Walter Thornbury's Old and new London : a narrative of its history, its people, and its places, volume VI

M0011875EA/M0011875EB/M0011875EC: Reproduction of the detail of three illustrations from Medical miscellany of a pharmacopeial compilation, including a herbal and bestiary illustrating the pharmocopeial properties of animals, also known as MS Harley 1585

M0011876: Reproduction of an illustration of a 15th century alchemist in his laboratory with a balance on the table from John Read's Prelude to chemistry : an outline of alchemy, its literature and relationships, 1936

M0011877: Reproduction of a portrait of Otto Brunfels (d. 1534), German theologian and botanist, after the engraving in the Hortus Bergianus, Stockholm

M0011878: Jerome Bock or Hieronymus Tragus (c. 1498-1554), German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister

M0011880: Reproduction of a mezzotint portrait of James Gregory (1753-1821), Scottish physician and classicist

M0011881: Reproduction of a portrait of Étienne François Geoffroy (1672-1731), French physician and chemist

M0011883: Reproduction of a table of old and new chemical names for chemical substances from Méthode de nomenclature chimique, 1787

M0011884: Reproduction of a table of metallic compounds used in pharmacy from Méthode de nomenclature chimique, 1787

M0011885: Portrait of Charles de l'Écluse (1526-1609), doctor and pioneering botanist

M0011886: Reproduction of a portrait of Joachim Camerarius the Younger (1534-1598), German physician, botanist, zoologist and humanist scholar

M0011887: Reproduction of a portrait of Rembert Dodoens or Rembertus Dodonaeus (1517-1585), Flemish physician and botanist

M0011888: Reproduction of a diagram of the formula of benzene, including the "Benzene ring" from J.R. Partington's A short history of chemistry, 1948

M0011889: Photograph of a wooden board with a carved handle at the top used for stamping out lozenges in the 18th century

M0011891: Photograph of four 17th century spouted, glass vessels possibly used for oils and essences

M0011892: Photograph of five phials, typically used for medicines or balsams, comparing various time periods

M0011893: Reproduction of a photographic portrait of Sir Pendrill Charles Varrier-Jones (1883-1941), Welsh physician

M0011894: Reproduction of a portrait of Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, 1st Baronet (1828-1905), English physiologist

M0011895: Reproduction of an oil painting portrait of William Hunter (1718-1783), Scottish anatomist and physician, in his study

M0011896EA/M0011896EB: Reproductions from the title pages of the 1735 and 1744 editions of Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis

M0011897EA: Reproductions from the title pages of the 1722 and 1756 editions of Pharmacopoeia Collegii Regii Medicorum Edinburgensis

M0011898: Photograph of a pill slab or tile decorated with the arms of the Society of Apothecaries and the City of London below, circa 1700

M0011899: Photograph of five silver pomanders from the 17th century

M0011900: Photograph of a 15th or 16th century cylindrical drug jar from Valencia, Spain

M0011901: Photograph of three 17th century Lambeth delftware drug jars

M0011890: Photograph of four Italian 17th century glass pharmacy jars

M0011890: Photograph of four Italian 17th century glass pharmacy jars

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