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Oil painting on ivory panel of James Weddell (1787-1834), British sailor and navigator by P.G. Dodd in 1828. The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0000919-M0001064

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0000919: Ruins of Asklepieion at Kos

M0000920: Layout of Epidaurus

M0000922: teaching laboratory at the Institut Pasteur.

M0000923: Advert for a laryngoscope from Down Bros catalogue (1906)

M0000924: Illustration of a ophtalmoscope by Down Bros Ltd. / M0000925: Illustration of a stethoscope made by Down Bros. Ltd

M0000928: Operation being undertaken in the 1930

M0000936: Three illustrations of the human spine

M0000951: Amputation of a leg, woodcut, 1528 / M0000952: Amputation of a leg, woodcut, 1528

M0000953: Photograph of the birthplace of Henry Hill Hickman (1800-1830), English physician: front view

M0000954: Portrait of Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

M0000955: Portrait of Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)

M0000956: Portrait of Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham (1841-1918)

M0000959: Portrait of Admiral Sir George Back (1796-1878)

M0000960: Portrait of Sir John Barrow (1764-1848)

M0000961: Portrait of Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)

M0000962: Portrait of Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)

M0000963: The Most Northern Encapment of HMS Alert

M0000964: "A Very Gallant Gentleman"

M0000965: Chart showing the Northwest Passage

M0000966: Framed chart of the British discovery of the Boothia Peninsula, 1829-1832

M0000967: Medicine chest formerly used on a Hull whaler

M0000968: Chart of an area of Canada surveyed during the Coppermine Expedition, 1821

M0000969: Chart of the South Polar Sea, 1840-1842

M0000970: "Chart of the Southern Hemisphere shewing the Tracks of some of the most distinguished Navigators"

M0000971: Diary from the Discovery Expedition, possibly belonging to Shackleton

M0000972: Two pages from Ernest Shackleton's diary from the Nimrod Expedition

M0000973: Two pages from Ernest Shackleton's diary from the Discovery Expedition

M0000974: Sir Douglas Mawson's sledge, right side

M0000975: Sir Douglas Mawson's sledge with sleeping bag, right side

M0000976: Pages from a diary written during the search for the Scott Antartic team, on display

M0000977: Rough sketch made of the grave of Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, on display

M0000978: Two pairs of crampons, sandal and boot type, on display

M0000979: Two pieces of Finiskol lashing used by Robert Falcon Scott, on display

M0000980: Pair of crampons from the Discovery Expedition, 1902-1904

M0000981: Sir Ernest Shackleton's boat, The James Caird at Dulwich College

M0000982: Two figures made by Greenlanders, on a display

M0000983: Medicine chest found at Ross Cairn, Point Victory

M0000984: Sundial and snow goggles used in the Discovery Expedition 1902-1904, on display

M0000985: Snow goggles made for near-sighted persons used during the "Discovery" expedition

M0000986: Two pairs of snow goggles used during the Discovery Expedition 1902-1904, on display

M0000987: leather snow goggles used by Sir Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), on display

M0000988: Two pairs of snow goggles used during the Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913, on display

M0000989: Inside view of a pair of wooden snow goggles, of the kind worn by the Sami people, on display

M0000990: Glass and wooden snow goggles with slits, on display

M0000991: Two pairs of snow goggles on display

M0000992: Snow goggles from Captain Nares expedition of 1875, on display

M0000993: Two pairs of snow goggles from the Captain Nares expedition 1875-1876, on display

M0000994: Two pairs of snow goggles from the Captain Nares expedition 1875-1876, on display

M0000995: Two pairs of snow goggles made for the "Discovery" expedition

M0000996: Snow goggles, wooden with shield above and parallel slits

M0000997: Closed, brass bound dental instrument case

M0000998: Dental instrument case with lid open showing the top set of of instruments

M0000999: Tray of fine files from a dental instrument case

M0001001: Tray of probes from a dental instrument case

M0001003: tray of forceps and large files from a dental instrument case

M0001005: tray of probes and scrapers from a dental instument case

M0001006: Zulu traditional healer

M0001007: Two women wearing Bundu wooden face masks

M0001008: Kachin medicine man

M0001009: Rattle used by Haida medicine man

M0001010: Photograph of three African women dancing

M0001011: Drawing of a Blackfoot medicine man

M0001012EB: Drawing of an Ahtna medicine man

M0001013: Three effigies, one on a throne, under a canopied structure, Nigeria

M0001014: Three effigies, one on a throne, under a canopied structure, Nigeria

M0001015: Decorated panels of a canpoy covering three effigies, Nigeria

M0001016: Man standing in front of a decorated structure

M0001017: Photograph of a decorated structure surrounding an effigy

M0001018: North American mask representing a bird with hair

M0001019: Japanese Noh mask

M0001020: Carved wooden mask with two long prongs

M0001021: Carved wooden mask with an animal on top of the head

M0001022: Carved wooden mask with hair and beard

M0001023: Carved and painted wooden mask

M0001024: Carved wooden mask with human features

M0001026: Traditional Thai mask

M0001027: Carved wooden mask with a ridge down the forehead and nose

M0001028: Carved wooden mask with a string beard

M0001029: A mbulu-ngulu, or guardian figure, Koto people, Gabon

M0001031: Plaster mask with hollow eyes and mouth

M0001032: profile of a mask with human features

M0001034: Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

M0001035: Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew

M0001036: Line drawing of a burial cist and its sculptures at Kilmartin, Scotland

M0001037: Line drawing of prehistoric carved stones found at Burghead, Moray / M0001038: Line drawing of prehistoric carved stones found at Inverness

M0001039: Prehistoric carved stone, Roc-aux-Sorciers, France / M0001040: Drawings of decoration found on a Pictish stone, Meigle

M0001041: Carving on west face of Clach nan Tarbh

M0001042: The clavie used in the Burning of the Clavie ceremony, Scotland

M0001043: Line drawing of a rock engraving, Val Fontanalba, France

M0001044: Line drawing of a Pictish stone, Mortlach, Scotland / M0001045: Line drawing of sculpted stone from Ulbster, Scotland

M0001046: Line drawing of a prehistoric carving found on a Dolmen De Gaur' Tnis in Morbihan

M0001047: Line drawing of prehistoric axiform carvings in Morbihan and Liguria, France

M0001048: Line drawing of rock carvings in Liguria, Italy / M0001049: Line drawing of Taurian symbols from Mycenae

M0001050: Line drawing of axiform carvings in Morbihan.

M0001053: Amputation of an arm from Kohler: Grundriss einer Geschichte der Kriegschirurgie (1901)

M0001058: Drawing showing a caesarean operation taking place in Uganda / M0001059: Drawing of a woman's torso after a caesarean operation

M0001062: Saint Martin and a leper

M0001063: Etching of a man well-prepared for the 1832 cholera epidemic

M0001064: Cholera cartoon by Daumier (1841)

M0000958: Portrait of Captain James Weddell (1787-1834)

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M0000958: Portrait of Captain James Weddell (1787-1834)

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