M0005034: Four charms against rheumatism

Previous title, replaced November 2021: 4 charms against Rheumatism.

Photograph of four charmes against rheumatism: an inscribed wooden peg from India;an Indian eye stone;a copper ring made from of an English penny;a Richardson magneto-galvanic pendant from England. The peg was purchased at auction by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1933 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R12260/1936). The magneto-galvanic pendant was acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned first in 1916 and then in 1936 (accession numbers R2106 and R11233/1936). The other items were acquired by the Museum at an unknown point. None of the items are held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides entries for two of the items: acc. number R11233/1936 and acc. number R12260/1936

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.

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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