Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
Level | Item |
Ref No | MS 3270/8/7/10 |
Alt Ref No | 31/5 |
Title | Set of slides on anatomical, anthropological and horticultural themes |
Date | ? 1940s - ?1970s |
Extent | 111 slides |
Description | Collection of slides on anatomical, anthropological and horticultural themes, stored in single slide box, apparently compiled as a teaching set, but whose original order is now uncertain.
Slides 1 - 2: gravestones, Dumfriesshire Slide 3: gravestone marking 'Pinder', a horse Slide 4: map centred on the Aegean Sea Slide 5: circus Slides 6 - 12: anatomy of the mouth Slides 13 - 15: 'Downie twins, Rosehearty' Slides 16 - 20: female facial hair growth Slide 21: contortionist Slides 22 - 27: Cancerous and non-malignant growths in humans Slides 28 - 30: development of babies' genitalia Slide 31 human tissue/ skin Slides 32 - 36: human anatomy model showing distribution of muscles, nerves, etc Slides 37 - 39: Thomas Carlisle Slide 40: Illustration advertising Sir Gordon Taylor's talk 'On Anatomical Eponyms' to the Anatomical and Anthropological Society Slides 41 - 42: cover page from 'Woman's Own' magazine Slides 43 - 44: Modernist/ abstract paintings depicting women Slide 45: ship's figure-head Slide 46: human tissue/ skin Slide 47: Robert Lockhart's 'Dissection of the Head and Neck' Slide 48: baby with 'muscular tail' Slide 49: human tissue/ skin Slides 50 - 110: anthropological objects Slide 111: sea-horses |
Appraisal | Personal slides of Lockhart, friends and colleagues, which appeared unrelated to the teaching slides, were extracted from the set during cataloguing and listed in sub-series MS 3270/8/1 and MS 3270/8/5. |
Access Status | Open |
Access Conditions | Open, subject to signature accepting conditions of use at reader registration sheet |
Physical Description | Black and white, and colour slides. |