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M0015608: Etruscan bronze model of liver

Eight ancient Roman surgical instruments. Watercolour, 1850/1910.

M0014665: Cylinder seal and sketch depicting Nergal, Mesopotamian God of plague and pestilence, c.1800 B.C.

Roman altar with Greek inscription found at Chester in 1851

Galēnou hapanta = Galeni Pergameni summi semper uiri, quique primus artem medicinae uniuersam, apud priores homines obscuram & ueluti errantem, in perspicuam quandam & propriam expositionem traduxit, opera omnia / ad fidem complurium & perquam uetustorum exemplariorum ita emendata atq[ue] restituta, ut nunc primum nata, atque in lucem aedita, uideri possint.

An ancient Roman surgical instrument. Watercolour, 1850/1910.

Greco-Roman physician in his study, plaster cast in W.H.M.M.

Ancient Roman and Greek surgical instruments (A-G):

Page of Roman bottles of various shapes

A selection of ancient Roman surgical instruments. Watercolour, 1850/1910.

M0008992: Egyptian papyrus circa 1000 B.C.

Proposals for printing a medicinal dictionary : designed as a body of physic and surgery both with regard to theory and practice. Compiled from the best writers ancient and modern: with useful observations. Illustrated with copper plates. / By R. James, M.D.

Assyrian seal

Perplexing remedies in ancient medicine : Dreckapotheke in Mesopotamia and the Graeco-Roman world / Maddalena Rumor.

Médecine et médecins au Proche-Orient ancien : actes du colloque international organisé à Lyon les 8 et 9 novembre 2002, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée / textes réunis par Laura Battini et Pierre Villard.

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Medicine, Ancient

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Images about Medicine, Ancient

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M0008992: Egyptian papyrus circa 1000 B.C.

Proposals for printing a medicinal dictionary : designed as a body of physic and surgery both with regard to theory and practice. Compiled from the best writers ancient and modern: with useful observations. Illustrated with copper plates. / By R. James, M.D.

Assyrian seal

Perplexing remedies in ancient medicine : Dreckapotheke in Mesopotamia and the Graeco-Roman world / Maddalena Rumor.

Médecine et médecins au Proche-Orient ancien : actes du colloque international organisé à Lyon les 8 et 9 novembre 2002, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée / textes réunis par Laura Battini et Pierre Villard.

Medicine, Ancient

Images from the collections

Images about Medicine, Ancient

Works from the collections

M0008992: Egyptian papyrus circa 1000 B.C.

Proposals for printing a medicinal dictionary : designed as a body of physic and surgery both with regard to theory and practice. Compiled from the best writers ancient and modern: with useful observations. Illustrated with copper plates. / By R. James, M.D.

Assyrian seal

Perplexing remedies in ancient medicine : Dreckapotheke in Mesopotamia and the Graeco-Roman world / Maddalena Rumor.

Médecine et médecins au Proche-Orient ancien : actes du colloque international organisé à Lyon les 8 et 9 novembre 2002, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée / textes réunis par Laura Battini et Pierre Villard.

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