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Illustration of apparatus described by Theophilus Redwood to the Pharmaceutical Society and published in Pharmaceutical Journal, vol.8, 1848-49

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0014053-M0014205

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

M0014053: Saint Guevrock (also Gueroc and Kerric) / M0014054: Statue of Saint Livertin / M0014055: Statue of Saint Yves

M0014056: Statue of Saint Event / M0014057: Statue of Saint Herve / M0014058: Statue of Saint Susanna

M0014059: Two statues of Statue of Saint Eloi

M0014060: Judith, Old Testament character holding the head of Holophernes / M0014061: Statue of Saint Sebastian / M0014062: Statue of Saint Peter, Apostle

M0014063: Statue of Saint Mary Magdalene / M0014064: Statue of Saint Sebastian

M0014065: Carved panel showing Saint Felicity and her seven sons / M0014066: Wood panel showing Saint Florian

M0014067: Statue of Saint Houarniaule (also known as Saint Herve) / M0014068: Statue of Saint Apollonia (3rd century) / M0014069: Statue of Saint Giles

M0014070: Statue of Saint Paul, Apostle / M0014071: Statue of a saint, possibly Saint John the Evangelist / M0014072: Statue of Saint Barbara

M0014073: Statue of an unidentified saint / M0014074: Statue of Saint Zita / M0014075: Statue of Saint Fiacre of Breuil

M0014076: Statue of Saint Agatha of Sicily / M0014077: Statue of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

M0014078EA: Statue of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary / M0014078EB: Saint Michael the Archangel

M0014079: Statue of an unidentified saint and a child or cherub / M0014080: Statue of Saint Nicholas of Bari

M0014081: Statue of a Saint, possibly Saint Yves or Saint Antonius of Florence / M0014082: Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014083: Statue of the Madonna and Child

M0014084: Statue of Saint James the Apostle / M0014085: Statue of Saint Yves / M0014086: Saint Bernard, Abbot of Sauve

M0014087: Statue of the Madonna trampling on a serpent whilst standing on the moon / M0014088: Statue of Saint Isodore of Madrid / M0014089: Statue of Saint Lucy (also Saint Lucia)

M0014090: Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014091: Statue of Saint Philip Neri / M0014092: Statue of Saint Yves

M0014093: Statue of Saint Augustine of Hippo / M0014094: Statue of Saint Tremeur (also known as Saint Tremorus of Brittany)

M0014095: Statue of Saint Anthony of Padua (also known as Saint Anthony of Lisbon) / M0014096: Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel / M0014097: Statue of Saint Euphemia

M0014098: Two statues of Saint Nicholas of Bari

M0014099: Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, represented as trampling upon a heretic / M0014100: Statue of Our Lady of Treguron / M0014101: Statue of Our Lady of Deliverance

M0014102: Statue of Saint Barbara / M0014103: Statue of Saint Apollonia (3rd century) / M0014104: Statue of Saint Eloi

M0014105: Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014106: Statue of a saint, probably Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014107: Statue of Saint Luke

M0014108: Statue of Saint Maur, Abbot / M0014109: Statue showing Saint Anne with the Virgin Mary in her womb / M0014110: Statue of Saint Herbot

M0014111: Panel showing a woman, possibly Saint Euphemia

M0014112: Statue of Saint Livertin

M0014113: Statue of a saint, possibly Saint Luitfrid / M0014114: Statue of Saint Cyriaque (also Cyriacus)

M0014115: Carvings of Saint Anne, the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ

M0014116: Statue of Saint Antonius of Florence / M0014117: Statue of Saint Eligius (also Eloi)

M0014118: Statue of Saint Martin of Tours

M0014119: Statue of Saint Fiacre

M0014120: Statues of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian

M0014121: Statue of Saint Lucy (Saint Lucia) / M0014122: Statue of Saint Pantaleon

M0014123: Two statues of Saint Anthony

M0014124: Panel showing Saint Margaret of Antioch (also known as Margaret the Virgin)

M0014125: Panel showing Saint Gallus, also Saint Gall

M0014126: Statue of Saint Blanche with her three children

M0014127: Statue of Saint Rocco (also known as Saint Roch) / M0014128: Statue of Saint Raymund Nonnatus / M0014129: Statue of a saint, possibly Saint John of Capistrano

M0014130: Statue of Saint of Damian / M0014131: Statue of Saint Blanche with her three children / M0014132: Statue of Saint Anthony the hermit

M0014133: Statue of Saint Thegonnec / M0014134: Statue of Saint Anne / M0014135: Statue of Saint Maurice

M0014136: Statue of Saint Francis of Assisi / M0014137: Statue of Saint Cecilia / M0014138: Statue of Saint Jerome / M0014139: Statue of Saint Sebastian

M0014140: Statue of Saint John the Baptist / M0014141: Statue of Saint Maurus (6th century)

M0014142: Terracotta feeding cup with animal head spout

M0014143: Small glass vessel found in Jerusalem, possibly Arabic

M0014144: Development of a fly, from Redi: Generazione degl'insetti, 1688

M0014145: Needham's theories concerning the process of generation

M0014146: Experiments on animalcules in infusions

M0014147: Autograph letter from Baron Thomas Dimsdale, dated 27 June 1777

M0014148: Lancets and lancet case, 18th century

M0014149: One folding balance shown partially opened and one in a case, 18th century

M0014150: Pans of a balance, showing the maker's mark, 18th century

M0014151: Anatomical drawing of the heart and aorta

M0014152: Anatomical drawing of the heart, from Eustachi: Tabulae anatomicae, 1722

M0014153: Illustration from Vesalius: De Humani corporis fabrica

M0014157: Drawing of the heart, from Highmore: Corporis humani, 1651

M0014159: The Galenic system of physiology

M0014160: Anatomical illustration of the human, by Vesalius, 1543

M0014161: Female figure annotated with various diseases, late 15th century

M0014162: English feeding bottle, stoneware, c.1840

M0014163: Pans of a balance, probably for coins, showing the maker's mark, 18th century

M0014164: Ancestral effigies, Kafiristan

M0014165: Spirit canoe, obtained in Alaska

M0014166: Ibeji (effigy) representing a dead twin, Yoruba people, Nigeria

M0014167: Decorated human skull, Andaman Islands

M0014168: Hood made of spider web, Vanuatu

M0014169: Portrait of Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794) and his wife

M0014170: Portrait of Joseph Priestley (1733-1804)

M0014171: Portrait of Henry Cavendish (1731-1810)

M0014172: The earliest known Chaldean deity associated with healing

M0014173: Assyrian plant names.

M0014174: Portrait of Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742-1786)

M0014175: Portrait of Jonathan Pereira (1804-1853)

M0014176: Apparatus for preparation of soda-water

M0014178: Rotary Pill Machine

M0014179: Portrait of Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1857-1952)

M0014180: Apparatus for preparing extracts described by William Hooper

M0014181: The formation of gelatinous capsules of Balsam of Copaiba

M0014182: Apparatus for preparing infusions and extracts

M0014183: Vacuum extraction apparatus

M0014184: Tin cases for extracts

M0014185: Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford, London, in 1858 and 1873

M0014186: Section of Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford, London, in the 19th century

M0014187: Sectio of Coal Tar Colour Works at Greenford, London, in the 19th century

M0014188: Opening of Barlet's chemical course , 1657

M0014189: Lecture on substances of vegetable origin, 1657

M0014190: Lecture on the preparation of metals, 1657

M0014191: Lecture on the preparation of substances of animal origin, 1657

M0014192: Reflex condenser, 1660

M0014193: Lamp furnace and thermometer, 1660

M0014194: Moor's head receiver, showing outlet pipe for the condensed distillate and tap for allowing water used for cooling to run off, 1660

M0014195: Bell method of making sulphuric acid, 1660

M0014196: Philosophical furnace showing heating by means of steam and cooling by a condenser, 1689

M0014197: Vessel for storing liquids and an instrument for removing samples. Quicksilver was to be placed in the groove into which the top fitted, 1689

M0014198: Royal Pharmacopoea: Moor's head condenser, 1678

M0014199 and M0014200: Royal Pharmacopoea: glass vessel used for distilled oils

M0014201: Royal Pharmacopoea: apparatus for separating oil from distilled waters by means of a wick acting as a siphon, and an apparatus for grinding substances, 1678

M0014202: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Exhibition: "The Story of Pharmacy", 1955

M0014203: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Exhibition: "The Story of Pharmacy", 1955

M0014204: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Exhibition: "The Story of Pharmacy", 1955

M0014205: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Exhibition: "The Story of Pharmacy", 1955

M0014177: Apparatus for drug-grinding

M0014177: Apparatus for drug-grinding

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