Rituals and ceremonies, usually with magical or religious overtones, which attempt to tame the unpredictable forces of nature to ensure a plentiful supply of food or the birth of healthy children or, very often, both. They may take the form of prayers, chants, dances and the performing of sacred dramas.
A rise in body temperature above normal. Fever usually occurs as a natural response to infection.
Muscle tumours of the uterus.
A folding view camera that is usually made of wood, which is for use on location
A type of bandage carried by soldiers for immediate use in case of wounds.
A temporary hospital set up near a combat zone to provide emergency care for the wounded.
Use generally for glass used in architecture that is cut, embossed, sandblasted, or otherwise embellished.
A form of eyepiece micrometer in which spider's web thread of fine wire is used to delineate the item being measured. Usually consists of a viewing eyepiece, fine thread mounted on a framework slide moved by a micrometer screw with divided scale.
file - tool
Steel hand tools with teeth or raised oblique ridges; used for scraping, redressing, or smoothing metal or wood.
film strip viewer
A hand held device for viewing strips of imgages.
A porous device designed to block certain objects or substances whilst letting others through. Filters are often used to removed solids from a liquid or gas.
Niels Ryberg Finsen was a Danish physician who pioneered the use of ultraviolet light – from a Finsen Lamp – in the treatment of a number of skin infections.
The cast iron units of a firegrate, designed to support burning coal and permit the ingress of air.
device of metal or ceramic intended to hold logs above the hearth or skewers above fire for cooking.
Portable devices for immediate use in putting out a fire
A small steam locomotive without a firebox, fed with steam from an external source and therefore suitable for use in high fire risk locations, etc.
A short handled tool with rectangular metal blade used to convey coal into firebox.
Treatment that is rendered initially for the care of an emergent condition. It is usually performed by a lay person to a sick or injured patient until definitive medical treatment can be accessed
first aid kit
A kit designed to give help to an injured person until proper medical treatment is available
first day covers
Use for envelopes, postcards, or other postal items of reasonable size with a new stamp or stamps bearing the postally applied marking 'First Day of Issue' and indicating the date and place of first official issue. DMM.