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Brought to Life has images of 4,000 medical objects selected from the Science Museum's collections. From amulets to alligators, leech jars to lodestones you can find all of these from here. The Museum's objects, many of which are from the Wellcome Trust, cover more than 3,000 years of medical history.

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Model alligator, England, 1801-1900

alligator

Alligators such as this one were once commonly hung from the ceilings of apothecary shops...

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