A practical guide to help you explore the Science Museum’s Who Am I? gallery.
See striking photos of medical objects chosen to spark discussion in your classroom. All objects featured here are on display in Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries.
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A practical guide to help you explore Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries.
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This plastic mask was worn by a patient having radiotherapy for throat cancer in 2018.
This prosthetic (artificial replacement) arm was made in 1904 for a professional pianist – a woman called Elizabeth Burton.
This jar was made and used between 1830 and 1870. It was used to store leeches – a kind of worm that survives by sucking blood from other animals.
This medicine chest, made in the 1780s, was owned by a doctor called Edward Jenner, who is famous as a pioneer of vaccination.
This machine, made in 1958, is an electroencephalograph (EEG) – a device that measures electrical activity in the brain.
This is a packet of Gold Flake brand cigarettes, made some time between 1920 and 1950 by W D & H O (William Day and Henry Overton) Wills – one of the first companies to mass-produce cigarettes.
This rubber cap was made around 1920. When inserted into a woman’s vagina, it prevented sperm from reaching the uterus, and so prevented pregnancy.