The Medicine Cabinet

The story of health & and disease told through extraordinary objects

By: Natasha McEnroe, Selina Hurley, The Science Museum

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Hardcover | 1 June 2021 | Edition Number 1

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256 Pages

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24.77 x 19.68 x 2.54

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The treatment and prevention of disease has preoccupied humanity throughout history, and the discoveries and advances made in the art of healing have not only saved lives, but changed the fabric of society.

The Medicine Cabinet is a beautifully curated and expertly written compendium of over 100 astonishing objects related to the story of medicine. Each object is cared for by London's Science Museum, which houses one of the largest and most significant collections of medical artefacts in the world – including a Bronze Age trepanned skull, healing water from an Ancient Greek well, a seventeenth-century barber's pole, a pharmacist's ceramic leech jar, a gold memento mori ring, First World War blood transfusion apparatus and a prototype MRI scanner.

Each object is a profound reminder of the fragility of human existence, but also of the extraordinary lengths gone to by scientists, medical professionals and ordinary people in the attempt to conquer mortality. Published in association with the Science Museum, The Medicine Cabinet is a rich visual exploration of life, death and everything in between.

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