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Signed photograph of Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922) French physician.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0019438-M0019520

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

M0019438 and M0019439: Stereoscopic x-ray photographs by Sir James Mackenzie Davidson

M0019440: Plaster cast of Chiron, or Cheiron, the centaur

M0019441: Portrait of Oswaldo Cruz (1872-1917)

M0019442: Wicker helmet covered with a cotton cloth, for protection from the sun, 1858

M0019443: Sugar-loaf hat, c.1790

M0019444: Use of the topi as protection from the sun

M0019445: Set of Surgical Instruments belonging to Dr Usher W. Evans

M0019446: French trephination set for army use, late 18th century

M0019447: Pocket case of surgical instruments by Charriere, 19th century

M0019448: Illustration of a plague costume, 1661

M0019450: Cupping set in a velvet-lined case, late 18th-early 19th century

M0019451: The contents of a cupping set, late 18th-early 19th century

M0019453: Portrait of Giuseppe Sanarelli (1865-1940)

M0019454: Triangular bandage stamped with an engraving shoing first-aid on a battlefield, 1868

M0019455EA: Cast of athritis deformans in caudal vertebra of horned dinosaur, cretaceous of Canada

M0019455EB: Cast of athritis deformans in caudal vertebra of horned dinosaur, cretaceous of Canada

M0019456: The use of the scamnum Hippocratis, oil painting

M0019457: The country tooth drawer, engraving

M0019458: A tooth-drawer extracting a tooth from a fashionable and rich lady, etching

M0019459: "Hob and stage doctor", etching

M0019460: A woman covers her eyes as she steals the teeth of a hanged man, aquatint

M0019461: "French dentist showing a specimen of his artificial teeth", 19th century

M0019463EA: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland.

M0019463EB: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EC: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463ED: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EE: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EF: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EG: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EH: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EI: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EJ: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019463EK: Series of pairs of obstetrical forceps in Holland

M0019464: Portrait of Sir James McGrigor (1771-1858)

M0019465: Portrait of John Alexander MacWilliam (1857-1937)

M0019466: Anatomical drawing in pencil, signed "J. Lister 3rd mo. 1850"

M0019467: Example of a Joseph Lister carbolic spray

M0019468: Example of a Joseph Lister carbolic spray

M0019469: Example of a Joseph Lister carbolic spray

M0019470: Example of a Joseph Lister carbolic spray

M0019471: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Joseph Lister centenary exhibition: display case

M0019472: X-ray photograph of the left hand of  Lord Joseph Lister

M0019473: Four jars of catgut in carbolic oil prepared by Joseph Lister

M0019474: Two pairs of sinus forceps formerly in the possession of Joseph Lister

M0019475: Case of ophthalmic instruments formerly in the possession of Joseph Lister

M0019476: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum Joseph Lister centenary exhibition: display case

M0019477: Ink silhouette of Lord Joseph Lister as a boy of about 13 years

M0019478: Ink silhouette of Joseph Lister's grandfather, aged 71

M0019479: Ink silhouette of Joseph Lister's mathernal grandmother, Isabelle Harris

M0019480: Ink silhouette of Joseph Lister's mother

M0019481: Ink silhouette of Joseph Lister's sister Mary, aged 8

M0019482: Ink silhouette of Joseph Lister's sister Jane, aged 8.

M0019483: Ink silhouette of Joseph Lister's brother

M0019485: A visit to Canada by Lord Joseph Lister and family, 1897

M0019486: Upton House, birthplace of Lord Joseph Lister

M0019487: Coat-of-arms of Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister (1827-1912)

M0019488: Trowel used by Joseph Lister when laying the foundation stone at Montreal Hospital, 2 September 1897

M0019489: Joseph Lister's certificate of honorary membership of Die Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Chirurgie, 8 April 1885

M0019490: Joseph Lister's certificate for an Honorary Doctorate of Medicine of the University of Hungary, 1896

M0019491: Joseph Lister's Patent of Barony granted by Queen Victoria

M0019492: Joseph Lister's Patent of Baronetcy granted by Queen Victoria

M0019493: Joseph Lister's Patent of Arms of Peerage of the Realm

M0019494EA: Joseph Lister's Commission as Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, signed by Queen Victoria, 1 September 1869

M0019494EB: Joseph Lister's Commission as Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, signed by Queen Victoria, 1 September 1869

M0019494EC: Joseph Lister's Commission as Professor of Clinical Surgery at the University of Edinburgh, signed by Queen Victoria, 1 September 1869

M0019495: Joseph Lister's certificate of appointment as Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the Queen in Scotland, 8 July 1870

M0019496EA: Letter from the Lord Chamberlain's office to Joseph Lister offering him the office of Surgeon Extraordinary to Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 26 September 1878

M0019496EB: Lister, Surgeon Extraordinary to Queen Victoria.

M0019497EA: Joseph Lister's Warrant of the Order of Merit, 1902

M0019497EB: Joseph Lister's Warrant of the Order of Merit, 1902

M0019498: Letter to Joseph Lister accompanying his Warrant of the Order of Merit, 1902

M0019499: Letter from the University of London offering Lord Joseph Lister the Honorary degree of Doctor of Science, 1903

M0019500EA: Letter to Joseph Lister from the University of London accompanying his diploma of the Honorary Doctor of Science, 1903: first page

M0019500EB: Letter to Joseph Lister from the University of London accompanying his diploma of the Honorary Doctor of Science, 1903: second page

M0019501: Letter to Joseph Lister from the University of Edinburgh offering him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, 1878

M0019502: Letter to Joseph Lister anouncing the award of the Cameron Prize by the Senate of the University of Edinburgh, 1890

M0019503EA: Letter to Joseph Lister announcing the award of the Liston Prize to him by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1897: first page

M0019503EB: Letter to Joseph Lister announcing the award of the Liston Prize to him by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1897: second and third pages

M0019504: Report of the Medical Council concerning the award of the Liston Prize to Joseph Lister, 1897

M0019505: Announcement of the election of Joseph Lister as a fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1870

M0019506EA: Announcement of the election of Joseph Lister as an Honorary fellow of the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, 1893: first page

M0019506EB: Announcement of the election of Joseph Lister as an Honorary fellow of the Edinburgh Medico-Chirurgical Society, 1893: second page

M0019507EA: Announcement of Joseph Lister's admission to the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh, 1898: first page

M0019507EB; Announcement of Joseph Lister's admission to the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh, 1898: final page

M0019508: Announcement of the election of Joseph Lister as an honorary member of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1898

M0019509: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, 1898

M0019510: Telegram from Joseph Lister to Roll of Burgers of Glasgow

M0019511: Letter to Joseph Lister from the University of Glasgow, 1908

M0019512EA: Letter from Joseph Lister to the University of Glasgow, 1908: first page

M0019512EB: Letter from Joseph Lister to the University of Glasgow, 1908: second page

M0019513: Letter to Joseph Lister from the University of Glasgow, 1908

M0019514: Announcement of Joseph Lister's election as Honorary Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1871

M0019515: Letter to Joseph Lister announcing his election as a Resident Fellow of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, 1874

M0019516: Letter from Fraser to Sir Hector Cameron regarding Joseph Lister's eulogy, 1908

M0019517: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Council of the Royal College of Surgeons announcing the award of the Honorary Medal of the College, 1897

M0019518: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Secretary of the Royal Society awarding him the Copley Medal, 1902

M0019519EA: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Secretary of the Society of Arts awarding him the Albert Medal, 1894: first page

M0019519EB: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Secretary of the Society of Arts awarding him the Albert Medal, 1894: second page

M0019520: Letter to Joseph Lister from the Royal Microscopical Society announcing his election as Honorary Fellow of the Society, 1891

M0019449: Portrait of Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922)

M0019449: Portrait of Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845-1922)

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