Rare and unseen items from the Science Museum's object store
A bottle of silver-coloured tablets is displayed at the Science Museum's object store in LondonPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA drawer of antique glass eye fragmentsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA collection of antique artificial handsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
A drawer of antique glass eyesPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA collection of antique artificial limbsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesA drawer of antique optical test lensesPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesDrawers of antique drugsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesAn employee looks at drawers of surgical instrumentsPhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty ImagesDrawers of antique drugs in the museum's object storePhotograph: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images
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