work

Galleries and Reading Room

Café

Shop

Library

Our galleries are quietest on weekdays and weekend mornings. At busy times, particularly on Saturdays, you may need to queue for our temporary exhibitions.

We’re undertaking some research with website visitors to learn more about how people find access-related information provided by museums. This survey shouldn't take longer than 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time!

Help us organize our website content.

Photogravure portrait of Robert Koch (1843 - 1910), German bacteriologist, created by H. Fechner.

Images from the photographic library

Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0000002-M0000124

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0000002: china lip salve pot

M0000003: pair of antimony vases and a china lip salve pot

M0000004: yellow stone vase

M0000005: Syrian collyrium vessel

M0000006: black, wooden stibium pot with ivory base and stick

M0000007: Egyptian alabasta ointment jar

M0000008: Whalebone probang

M0000009: manicure knife from Bunyoro, Western Uganda

M0000010: Tibetan toilette instruments and Hindu surgical instrument

M0000011: Three toilette instruments

M0000012: pomander brush

M0000013: Two pouches containing an amulet and a charm

M0000014: Egyptian marble ointment pot

M0000015: Egyptain carved ivory tube

M0000016: Chinese massage roller

M0000017: Egyptian wooden hairpin and toilette box

M0000018: African wooden statue depicting a woman holding her breasts

M0000019: three carved ivory combs

M0000020: two double edged combs

M0000021: four Etruscan pots on a stand

M0000022: set of 19 Roman hairpins

M0000023: carved figure with child breast-feeding

M0000024: mounted carving depicting two male circumcision figures

M0000025: incised tablet depicting Graeco-Egyptian Obstetrical Instruments.

M0000026: two pear shaped, stone cast votive offerings

M0000027: three Roman votive offerings carved in the shape of penises

M0000028: Two Roman votive offerings carved in stone

M0000029: Pair of surgical forceps, modern.

M0000030: Mounted selection of replicas instruments used for incisions

M0000031: Pair of old bone forceps, ancient.

M0000032: White stone caste with EICIAC EV carved

M0000033: Title page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1545)

M0000034: Title page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1559)

M0000035: Title page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1545)

M0000036: Toi moko: head of a Maori, with moko (tattoo) markings

M0000037: Leather ring used in artificial deformation

M0000038: Palang (ampallang) beneath a photograph of it in use

M0000039: Lip plug for artificial deformation of the lip

M0000040: Two lip plugs used for artificial deformation the lips

M0000041: Shaped piece of bone used for artificial deformation of the ear lobe

M0000042: Four decorative knives

M0000043: Four sharp tools

M0000044: Carved figure showing the birth of a child

M0000045: Model of a Chinese shoe

M0000046: Apparatus used in artificial deformation of the head

M0000047: Piece of stone with channel all around for distending the ear

M0000048: Shaped piece of wood for distending the lower lip

M0000050: Carved ivory penis sheath

M0000051: German cabinet

M0000052: Back scratcher in the shape of a hand

M0000053: painted pot decorated with a person being given an enema

M0000054: painted pot decorated with a person being given an enema

M0000055: straw covered glass jar

M0000056: shaped glass beaker

M0000057: tumbler-style measuring beaker

M0000058: shaped glass beaker

M0000059: mounted diptych of the birth of Rostam

M0000060: mounted illustration of a Cesarean operation, 15th century

M0000061: syringe with wooden casing

M0000062: syringe with oval metal container

M0000063: syringe with oval metal container and metal handle

M0000064: side view of a carved bowl for receiving the afterbirth, Maori, New Zealand.

M0000065: bottom view of a carved bowl for receiving the afterbirth, Maori, New Zealand.

M0000066: House in Viterbe, Italy

M0000067: Earthen field oven with metal cooking equipment on a British military camp

M0000068: View of the Isola Tiberina and Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000069: Abdul Hassan, a guide

M0000070: The Roman latrines at Dougga, Tunisia

M0000071: Statues of Aesculapius and Telesphore, Musee Lavigerie, Carthage

M0000072: Musii Lavigerie, Aesculapius and Telesphore, Carthage

M0000073: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000074: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000075: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000076: Market scene at Al-Qurnah [Kurna], Iraq

M0000077: Lava bed, Mascali, Sicily

M0000078: Guide on lava bed, Mascali, Sicily

M0000079: Lava bed, Mascali, Sicily

M0000080: Lava still smoking, Mascali, Sicily

M0000081: The lava flow and remnants of the town of Mascali, Sicily

M0000082: The surgeon's house, Pompeii, Italy

M0000083: The gymnasium of the Baths, Pompeii, Italy

M0000084: Fresco showing a man having an arrow extracted and the wound dressed, Pompeii

M0000085: Fresco showing a man having an arrow extracted and the wound dressed, Pompeii

M0000086: Exterior of the Scala Sancte, Rome, Italy

M0000087: Forum of Trajan, Rome, Italy

M0000088: new excavations at Herculaneum, Naples, Italy

M0000089: archaeological remains of the Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000090: Ponti Fabricio, leading to San Bartolomeo, Rome

M0000091: view of the Church of San Bastolomeo, Rome

M0000092: view of the Church of San Bartolomeo, Rome

M0000093: view of the Church of San Bastolomeo, Rome

M0000094: Convent of San Bartolomeo, Rome

M0000095: archaeological remains of the Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000096: archaeological remains of the Temple of Aesculapius, Rome

M0000097: proprietor of house in Castelmola, Sicily where ex-votos were obtained.

M0000098: Interior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000099: exterior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000100: interior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000101: A weekly market, Rome, Italy.

M0000102: interior view of the Coliseum, Rome, Italy

M0000112: portrait of Pierre Curie (1859 - 1906), physicist

M0000113: portrait of Marie Curie (1867 - 1934), chemist

M0000114: portrait of Claude Bernard (1813-1878), physiologist

M0000115: portrait of William Harvey (1578 - 1657), surgeon

M0000116: portrait of Ignaz Philipp Semmelweis (1818 - 1865), physician

M0000117: portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), surgeon

M0000118: portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), surgeon

M0000119: portrait of Ambroise Pare (1510 - 1590), surgeon

M0000120: portrait of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894), physician

M0000122: colophon page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1559)

M0000123: dedication page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1559)

M0000124: verso of dedication page from Thomas Geminus: Compendiosa...anatomiae delineatio (1545)

M0000111: portrait of Robert Koch (1843 - 1910), bacteriologist

Wellcome uses cookies.

M0000111: portrait of Robert Koch (1843 - 1910), bacteriologist

Collection contents

About this work

Also known as

Description

Publication/Creation

Physical description

Notes

Terms of use

Where to find it

Permanent link