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Portrait engraving of Michele Mercati (1541-1593), physician and superintendent of the Vatican Botanical Garden under four Popes including Clement VIII. In the image his name is spelt Michael Mercatus.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0000243-M0000408

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0000243: Nachet collection: two spy glasses made by Dolland, London.

M0000244: Nachet collection: two spy glasses

M0000245: Nachet collection: two spy glasses, shagreen body, brass.

M0000246: Nachet collection: binocular type spy glasses

M0000247: Nachet collection: binocular type spy glasses

M0000248: Nachet collection: spy glass

M0000249: Nachet collection: two spy glasses

M0000250: Nachet collection: binocular type spy glass

M0000251: Nachet collection: two Spy glasses

M0000252: Nachet collection: two spy glasses

M0000253: Nachet collection: brass and mother-of-pearl spy glass

M0000254: Nachet collection: two spy glasses

M0000255: Portrait of Sir John MacAlister (1856-1925)

M0000256: Portrait of Sir John MacAlister (1856-1925)

M0000257: Portrait of Sir John MacAlister (1856-1925)

M0000258: Portrait of Sir John MacAlister (1856-1925)

M0000259: Portrait of Sir John MacAlister (1856-1925)

M0000260: Portrait of Sir John MacAlister (1856-1925)

M0000261: Portrait of Sir Donald MacAlister (1854-1934)

M0000262EA: Portrait of Sir Donald Mac Alister (1854-1934)

M0000262EB: Portrait of Sir Donald Mac Alister (1854-1934)

M0000263: Two portraits of Sir John MacAlister

M0000264: Portrait of Samuel Thomas von Sommering (1755 - 1830)

M0000265: Portrait of Henri Conneau (1803-1877)

M0000266: Portrait of Ludovicus Septalius

M0000267: Portrait of John Heaviside, surgeon to his Majesty George III / M0000267EA: Portrait of Giovanni Battista Morgagni (1682-1771), Italian anatomist

M0000268: Portrait of Valentine Mott (1785-1865)

M0000269: Portrait of Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770) / M0000269EA: Portrait of John Fothergill (1712-1780), English physician

M0000271: Portrait of S. Laskey

M0000272: Portrait of Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) / M0000272EA: Portrait of Girolamo Fracastoro (1478-1553)

M0000273: Portrait of Andreas Vesalius (1514 - 1564), Flemish anatomist

M0000274: Portrait of Baron Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777)

M0000275: Portrait of Friedrich Hoffmann (1660-1742)

M0000276: Portrait of Herman Boerhaave (1668-1738)

M0000277: Portrait of William Gilbert (c.1544-1603)

M0000278: Portrait of Ambroise Pare (c.1510-1590)

M0000279: Two portraits of William Harvey (1578-1675)

M0000280: Portrait of Paracelsus (c.1493-1541)

M0000280A: Portrait of Christopher Wren (1632-1723)

M0000281EA: Portrait of Charles de l'Ecluse, also Carolus Clusius (1526-1609)

M0000283: Portrait of Jean Fernel (1497-1558)

M0000284: Portrait of Robert Boyle (1627-1691), Anglo-Irish natural philosopher

M0000285: Portrait of Christoph Jacob Trew (1695-1769)

M0000286: Portraits of Reiner de Graaf (1641-1673) and Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464)

M0000287: Portrait of Johann Heinrich Lochner (1695-1715)

M0000288: Rondo sculpture in Chandos House, Royal Society of Medicine.

M0000290: Portrait of Andrea Cesalpino (1519-1603)

M0000291: Oil painting portrait

M0000292: Joseph Lister's Regius Professor of Surgery diploma

M0000293: Demolition of the Lister Ward, Royal Infirmary, Glasgow

M0000294: Joseph Lister's London home

M0000295: Siege of Paris Menu

M0000296: Siege of Paris Menu [English translation]

M0000297: Royal Society medal, 1805, reverse

M0000298: Royal Society medal, 1805, obverse

M0000299: Horatio Nelson's toilet cabinet from H.M.S. Victory

M0000300: Horatio Nelson's toilet cabinet from H.M.S. Victory

M0000301: Lord Nelson's Toilet cabinet, from H.M.S. Victory

M0000302: Lord Nelson's Toilet cabinet, from H.M.S. Victory

M0000303: Lord Nelson's Toilet cabinet, from H.M.S. Victory

M0000303EA: Lord Nelson's Toilet cabinet, from H.M.S. Victory

M0000304: Maluangu the Ndoki belonging to Ngovo.

M0000305: Illustration of two Congo fetish figures

M0000307: Two Congo fetish figures, representing fury and madness

M0000308: Illustration of two Congo ceremonial figures: Furious and Madness

M0000309: Leaders in Medicine and Surgery, London

M0000355: Greek and Roman surgical instruments

M0000356: Greek and Roman surgical instruments

M0000357: Greco-Roman cupping vessels and Roman bronze rectal speculum

M0000358: Greco-Roman bronze bladder sound, bronze speculum and other instruments

M0000359: Greco-Roman bronze medical instruments

M0000360: Greek and Roman surgical instruments

M0000361: Replica Greco-Roman instruments

M0000362: Greek and Roman surgical instruments

M0000363: Queen Elizabeth I's night dress, top

M0000364: Queen Elizabeth I's night dress, bottom

M0000365: Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian

M0000366: An operation on the head from Cesalpino's De Plantis Libri XVI

M0000367: An operation on the leg from Cesalpino's De Plantis Libri XVI

M0000368: "Turning In": two illustrations showing a man climbing into a suspended hammock

M0000369: First page of a letter written by Florence Nightingale, 5 July 1856

M0000370: Last page of a Lltter written by Florence Nightingale, 5 July 1856

M0000371: "Proportions: childs body" from de Lint: Atlas of the History of Medicine

M0000372: "Optic Angle in chimpanzee and Negro", from de Lint: Atlas of the History of Medicine.

M0000373: Diagram of the forearm muscles, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000374: The vascular system, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000375: The mammalian urino-gential system, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000376: Galen's "Physiological system", from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000377: The medieval view of physiology of the portal system, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000379: Vascular system, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000380: Anatomical plate probably drawn for Spigelius, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000383: Fourth muscle Tabula from Vesalius's 'Epitome', from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000384: Fifth muscle Tabula from Vesalius's 'Epitome', from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000390: first muscle tabula from Vesalius's 'Epitome', from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000391: Third muscle Tabula from Vesalius's 'Epitome', from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000393: Thirteenth muscle Tabula from Vesalius's 'Fabrica', from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000395: Second muscle Tabula from Vesalius's 'Epitome, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000396: Burrow Hill, close to the birth place of William Cheselden.

M0000397: Seventh muscle Tabula from Vesalius's 'Fabrica', from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000399: portrait of Samuel Medley (1769-1857)

M0000400: Anatomical skeleton used by J. Banister, from Singer: The evolution of anatomy

M0000401: Vascular system, late 13th century, from Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration

M0000402: Arterial system, late 13th century, from Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration

M0000403: Male generative system, late 13th century, from Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration

M0000404: Female generative system, late 13th century, from Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration

M0000405: Skeleton, late 13th century, from Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration

M0000407: Anatomy of the human nervous system, from Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration

M0000408: Anatomical drawing, human vascular system, from Choulant: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration

M0000289: Portrait of Michele Mercati (1541-1593)

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M0000289: Portrait of Michele Mercati (1541-1593)

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