Highlights of the UCL Pathology Museum

Wax models

Wax models have a long history of use in medical education.

The first case of nephro-lithotomy

Nephrolithotomy is a surgical procedure that removes kidney stones from the kidney.

Robert Liston’s surgical case

Robert Liston was a pioneering surgeon and the first Professor of Clinical Surgery at University College Hospital (UCH).

‘The Foley Place Tragedy’

Fracture of the odontoid process caused by a bullet, from an 1855 murder case.

Toy car belonging to a child with pica

A toy car that has had its paint eaten away by the owner.

Club foot

This plaster cast from Great Ormond Street Hospital shows an example of extreme congenital talipes equino-varus, or club foot.