Displayed in Lawson Hall, 2nd Floor The Medical Artifact Collection consists of over 1000 objects which represent the teaching and practice of health and medicine in southwestern Ontario during the 18th and 21st centuries. The objects show the breadth of the collection, including items related to surgery, dentistry, ophthalmology, anatomy, cardiology, pharmacopoeia, military medicine, and phlebotomy. These artifacts range from the oldest (lancet, late 1700s) to the most recent (membrane lung, 1970s), from the ubiquitous (battery) to the rare (Lister spray), and demonstrate how Western faculty have made medical headlines (lung). Research: Michelle Hamilton; Shelley McKellar; Adriana Ayers; Jenn Nelson Exhibition Design and Installation: Michelle Hamilton; Shelley McKellar Collections Technician: Adriana Ayers Conservation: Holly di Prospero Graphic Design: Rita Kelly, Inprint Archival Support: Anne Daniel; Theresa Regnier, Western Archives Photographic Support: Barry Arnott, Western Archives Online Exhibit: Jasmine FongTreasures from the Collection
Summer 2012 - Winter 2013
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Medical Artifact Collection
Lawson Hall
Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5B7
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