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An account to the Royal Society of a blood transfusion trial on 14 December 1667 by Dr Richard Lower and Sir Edmund King. The manuscript is held by the Royal Society.

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Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0005015-M0005163

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0005015: Display sign introducing the Lavel Scalzi collection of Surgical Instruments found in Rome 1870-1880

M0005016: Plan of London

M0005017: Grave showing a skeleton during an excavation in Caerwent, Wales

M0005018: Sir Henry Wellcome's coffin in the Wellcome Research Institute

M0005019: Sir Henry Wellcome's coffin in the Wellcome Research Institute

M0005020: Coffin of Sir Henry Wellcome in the Wellcome Research Institute

M0005021: Diorama of Ambroise Pare tying a ligature at the Seige of Metz

M0005022: Model of the Laboratory of the Capuchins at the Louvre, Paris, 17th century

M0005024: Seal of Cambridge University, 1260

M0005029: Portrait of Guillaume de Baillou (1538-1616)

M0005030: Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud (1796-1881)

M0005031: Illustration of Les Eaux-Bonnes, France

M0005032: View of the thermal springs at Cauterets, France

M0005033: Six charms against rheumatism

M0005034: Four charms against rheumatism

M0005035: Decoration on an Attic white-ground lekythos: woman filling a hydria at a fountain

M0005036: Decoration on an Attic red figure lekythos: woman filling a hydria at a fountain

M0005037: Decoration on a cup by Epiktetos: a boy dipping his jug into a column krater to ladle wine into cups

M0005062: Bathers and onlookers in the courtyard containing the royal baths and great pump room, Bath

M0005063: Aerial view of St Pancras Wells, King's Cross, London

M0005064: Spa well, Low Harrogate, Yorkshire, 1829

M0005065: The Queen's levee and society figures drinking the waters in the pump room, Bath

M0005067: Exterior of a brothel at Pompeii / M0005070: Interior of a brothel at Pompeii

M0005068: Interior of a brothel at Pompeii showing two rooms left / M0005069: Interior of a brothel at Pompeii showing a doorway and wooden lintel

M0005071: Fresco of Hermaphroditus and Silenus, Casa di Vettii, Pompeii

M0005073: Antiseptic steam spray used by Josehp Lister

M0005074: The Donkey Engine used for producing carbolic spray by Josehp Lister

M0005075: A well in one of the shops at the Eleusis, Greece

M0005076: Bathing House;east side of the Peribolos excavated at Eleusis

M0005077: Use of turtle gut dipped in wine as suture material

M0005078: House at Mascli where lava stopped during an eruption of Mount Etna, 1928

M0005079: Statue of Aesculapius, Ancient Greek God of medicine

M0005080: Relief of Orpheus and Eurydice

M0005081: Sketch of a grave cicle at Mycenae

M0005082: Carillon, or "wheel of fortune"

M0005083: Exterior of the Baths of Yeni Kaplija on the Mudanya

M0005084: Baths of Eski Kaplija near Bursa, Turkey

M0005085: "An Accouchement in the Harem"

M0005086: Women bathin, manuscript illustration

M0005087: Interior of the women's baths

M0005088: Egyptian design: Ari and his wife

M0005089: Engraving showing a blood transfusion between man and sheep, 17th century

M0005090: "A ladder of life": chart showing the great ages and changes from early life on the earth until the present

M0005091: Two carved human figures

M0005092: Two carved human figures

M0005094: Blood transfusion apparatus, 1666

M0005095: Amon: northern wall, Temple of Deir El Bahari

M0005096: Council of the Gods before Amon: northern wall, Temple of Deir El Bahari

M0005097: Hathor presenting Hatshepsut to Amon: northern wall, Temple of Deir El Bahari

M0005098: Amon and Thoth, and Amon with Queen Ahmose: northern wall, Temple of Deir El Bahari

M0005099: The suckling of Hatshepsut and her Doubles: norther wall, Temple of Deir El Bahari

M0005102: Figure of a man indicating bloodletting points for various diseases

M0005103: Drawing of Astrological Man showing zodiac influences

M0005104: Circular zodiacal lunar scheme with a rotary index

M0005105: Impellor injecting syringe

M0005106: Section of impellor injecting syringe

M0005108: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936)

M0005109: Scolds iron bridle, 14th century Brussels prison

M0005110: Scolds iron bridle, 14th century Brussels prison

M0005111: Scold's iron bridle

M0005112: Scold's bridle of iron.

M0005113: Japanense somen mask

M0005114: Japanense somen mask

M0005115: Section of the design on a Greek cup or vase

M0005117: Designs on a Greek vase

M0005118: Designs on a Greek vase

M0005119: Designs on a Greek vase

M0005120: Designs on a Greek vase

M0005121: Three scenes from a blood transfusion, 17th century

M0005127: Woodcut illustration of a blood transfusion, 1667

M0005129: Attic pelike decorated in black figure technqiue

M0005130: Line drawing of a design on an Attic hydria

M0005131: Three female figures bathing, Attic red figure technique

M0005132: Seated musicians and other male figures: design from an Attic cup, early 5th century BC

M0005133: Illustration of four hairstyles worn by women in four regions of Mali

M0005134: Illustration of three hairstyles worn by women in three regions of Mali

M0005135: Illustration of two hairstyles worn by Mopti and Tuareg women

M0005136: Illustration of a hairstyle know as "crete de coq"

M0005139: Portrait of William Stewart Halsted (1852-1922)

M0005140: Portrait of Karl Koller (1857-1944)

M0005141: Portrait of a man identified as Heinrich Braun

M0005142: Richard Lower's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of 1666

M0005143: Richard Lower's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of 1666

M0005144: Richard Lower's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of 1666

M0005145: Richard Lower's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of 1666

M0005146: Richard Lower's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of 1666

M0005147: Account of Sir Edmund King's blood transfusion experiment, October 1667

M0005148: Lower and King's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of November 1667

M0005149: Lower and King's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of November 1667

M0005150: Lower and King's blood transfusion experiment, page from an account of November 1667

M0005153: Transfusion apparatus, 1868

M0005155: Stilleto-headed cannula of silver, 1868

M0005156: Mouthpiece of stilleto cannula, 1868

M0005157: Mouthpieces for a cannula, 1868

M0005158: Rubber casing for transfusion apparatus, 1868

M0005159: Modification of a cannula made by Franz Gesellius, 1868

M0005160: Transfusion apparatus, 1874

M0005161: Transfusion apparatus, 1864

M0005163: Arthur William Bacot (1866-1922)

M0005151: Dr Edmund King: an account of the second trial of transfusion upon man, December 1667

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M0005151: Dr Edmund King: an account of the second trial of transfusion upon man, December 1667

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