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M0007831: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal Society of Arts

Photograph of one side of the gold medal awarded to Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912), British surgeon, by the Royal Society of Arts in 1893-94.

Images from the photographic library

Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0007770-M0007885

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0007770: Case of surgical bougies used by Joseph Lister

M0007771: Two cases of cataract instrument sets used by Joseph Lister

M0007772: Cataract needles and forceps in a case, used by Joseph Lister

M0007773: Surgical instruments used by Joseph Lister

M0007774: Case of surgical scalpels used by Joseph Lister

M0007775: Microscope designed by Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869)

M0007776: Early achromatic microscope by James Smith

M0007777: Microscope designed by Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869)

M0007778: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the coagulation of the blood

M0007779: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the coagulation of the blood

M0007780: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the coagulation of the blood

M0007781: Floor plan of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, second floor

M0007782: Floor plan of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, third floor

M0007783: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007784: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007785: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007786: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007787: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007788: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007789: Observations made by Joseph Lister on the effects of irritants upon pigments and vessels of a frog's foot

M0007790: Glass syringe used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation

M0007791: Separation tube used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation

M0007792: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation

M0007793: "Glass garden" and observational drawings from Joseph Lister's experiments on the growth of oidium toruloides

M0007794: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on fermentation in an organic liquid

M0007795: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on fermentation in an organic liquid

M0007796: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on fermentation in an organic liquid

M0007797: Test tubes used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation.

M0007798: Method of tying vessels in dense tissues, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007799: Drainage tube with masses of gauze, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007800: Incision for inguinal hernia, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007801: Operation for stretching the sciatic nerve, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007802: Stitched wound, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007803: Wound after removal of mamma and axillary glands, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007804: Excision of the hip joint, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007805: Surgical dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007806: Changing a dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007807: Dressings on the neck, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007808: Bandage on the head, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882), from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882) / M0007809: Breast dressings, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007810: Breast dressings and bandages, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007811: Binder outside breast dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007812: Axilla operation dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007813: Dressing for abscess with drainage tube, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007814: Abscess dressing from behind, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882) / M0007815: Lumbar abscess dressing from behind, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007816: Hip joint abscess dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007817: Hernia and scrotal dressings, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882) / M0007819: Hernia and scrotal dressings from the left side, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007818: Splint for knee excision, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007820: Hernia and scrotal dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007821: Casket presented to Joseph Lister by University of Liverpool, 1898

M0007822: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of London presented to Joseph Lister, 1907

M0007823: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of Glasgow, presented to Joseph Lister, 1918

M0007824: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh, presented to Joseph Lister, 1898

M0007825: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal College of Surgeons

M0007826: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal Institute of Public Health

M0007827: Joseph Lister's badge of the Order of the Dannebrog

M0007828: Joseph Lister's medal from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

M0007829: Joseph Lister's silver medal from the Royal Society of London

M0007830: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal Society of London

M0007832: Joseph Lister's silver coronation medal of Edward VII

M0007833: Joseph Lister's silver Commemoration Medal

M0007834: Joseph Lister's Prussian Order of Merit

M0007835: Joseph Lister's British Order of Merit

M0007836: Joseph Lister's British Order of Merit

M0007837: Joseph Lister's Copley Medal

M0007838: Joseph Lister's Royal Society of Edinburgh Makdougall Brisbane Medal

M0007839: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1906

M0007840: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 17

M0007841: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 16 / M0007842: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 19

M0007843: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome with his cousin Frank H. Wellcome

M0007844: Portrait of Frank H. Wellcome, cousin of Sir Henry Wellcome / M0007845: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1877

M0007846: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 25 / M0007847: Portrait of Robert Clay Sudlow (fl.1880-1905)

M0007848: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), with his parents and brother / M0007849: Portrait of Silas Mainville Burroughs (1846-1895)

M0007850: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), c.1932

M0007851: Portrait of Sarah Dingley Curtis, Henry Wellcome's maternal grandmother / M0007852: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in yachting costume

M0007853: Portrait of Mary Curtis Wellcome (1821-1897), Sir Henry Wellcome's mother / M0007854: Portrait of Mary Curtis Wellcome (1821-1897), Sir Henry Wellcome's mother

M0007855: Portrait of Reverend Solomon Cummings Wellcome (1827-1876), Sir Henry Wellcome's father

M0007856: Portrait of Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1902 / M0007857: The Nest, Hayes

M0007858: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in hunting costume / M0007859: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1887

M0007860: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in costume as a warrior

M0007860 and M0007861: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in costume as a warrior

M0007862: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in the costume of a monk / M0007863: Burroughs Wellcome and Co. work outing, 1886

M0007866: Portrait of Henry Mounteney Wellcome (1903-1987), son of Sir Henry Wellcome

M0007867: Portrait of an unidentified man / M0007868: Burroughs Wellcome & Co Head Office, Snow Hill, London

M0007869: Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) and J. Baiz, his guide and interpreter

M0007870: Burroughs Wellcome exhibit at the World's Fair Columbian Exposition, 1893

M0007871: Log cabin school, Garden City, Minnesota, 1855

M0007872: Burroughs Wellcome and Co. work outing, 1886

M0007873: Grave of Sir Henry Wellcome's parents

M0007874: Sir Henry Wellcome's college thesis on urethral suppositories, title page

M0007875: S.C. Wellcome & Co advertisement by in "Garden City Herald", 1868

M0007876: Advertisement in "Garden City Herald", 1868

M0007877: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007878: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007879: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007880: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007880: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007881: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007882: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007883A: Sir Henry Wellcome's childhood home

M0007883EB: Home of Dr Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007883EC: Evan's Hotel, Garden City, Minnesota

M0007884: Dartford Works staff, 1900

M0007885: Sir Henry Wellcome's certificate of membership in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Alumni Association

M0007831: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal Society of Arts

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