M0010148: Nurse bandaging a patient's abdomen after a caesarean operation, Cantigas de Santa Maria, 13th century

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Nurse bandaging a patient's abdomen, 13th century.

Photograph of an illustration from a 13th century manuscript of the Cantigas de Santa Maria held by the Escorial Library, Spain (reference T.I.1). The photograph was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accession in 1937 (accession number PHO 8675). Related images: M0010146, M0010147, M0010149, M0010150

09 August 1947

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2021.

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