Images Dated 17th October 2007

Horace Wells/Anaesthetic

Horace Wells attempts his first anaesthetised operation in front of a public gallery, but does not administer enough gas & the patient cries out; the crowd jeers him

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1844, Administer, Anaesthetic, Anaesthetics, Anaesthetised, Attempts, Cries, Crowd, Front, Gallery, Gas, Historical, History, Horace, Jeers, Medical, Operation, Patient, Public, Wells

Handley Page Hinaidi

Cruising at 120 km/h, this is a stately old lady of a bomber - yet it will remain in service with the RAF till 1933, and this scene in India seems quite appropriate

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120, 1929, 1933, Bomber, Cruising, Flight, Handley, Hinaidi, Historical, History, India, Km, Lady, Old, Page, Raf, Remain, Scene, Service, Specific, Stately, Till, Transport

Cromwell's Watch

POCKET WATCH with chain, made by John Midnall of Fleet Street, London, and carried by Oliver Cromwell, enabling him to be punctual for battles and other activities

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1625, Activities, Battles, Carried, Chain, Circa, Cromwell, Cromwells, Enabling, Fleet, Historical, History, Instruments, John, Made, Measurement, Midnall, Oliver, Pocket, Punctual, Science, Street, Time, Watch