Black and white photograph depicting an operating room with a group of doctors standing around an operating bed during cardiovascular surgery. A Boyle's anaesthetic machine is in the bottom right of the photograph.doctors, operating theatre, cardiovascular surgery, boyle's machine, anaesthetic machine

Black and white photograph depicting an operating room with five doctors undertaking cardiovascular surgery. Four figures are standing in the background. One doctor is standing on the left of the photograph with a cardiopulmonary bypass machine in the foreground.doctors, cardiovascular surgery, operating theatre, cardiopulmonary bypass machine

Dr. S.A. Mellick was a long standing member of the Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FARACS) and gifted this object to the Faculty at the end of his term in 1989. Dr. Mellick was the first Australian to have become President of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery. The provenance and date of the salt cellar is verified by the hallmarks at the base of the dish made in 1804 during the reign of Britain's King George III.Sterling silver open cut salt cellar with blue glass bowl insert, boat shaped, featuring four ball feet, beaded borders with pierced and engraved detailing to the sides.[stand] PRESENTED BY S.A. MELLICK / FARACS / JUNE 1989 [hallmark] S E D (indicates maker as S & E Davenport), Image of Lion (indicates sterling silver), I (Indicates made in 1804) Image of kings head (indicates made in London), image of Sovereign's Head (indicates duty mark) Three cursive initials on side of dish are difficult to recognize however may possibly be identified as J E Wopen cut work, salt cellar, sterling silver, s & e davenport, dr sam mellick, faracs, salt cellar