M0008723: Patients outside a military hospital gargling with antiseptic

Halftone from c.1900 depicting soldiers in South Africa during the Boer War gargling with antiseptic while being watched by three nurses with the caption "Hospital scenes in South Africa: the morning gargle". Related images: V0015597

10 December 1942

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 23529i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.