M0008186: Roman surgical knives and scissors

Date:
October 1941
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/71/18
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M0008186: Roman surgical knives and scissors. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Roman surgical knives and scissors.

Description

Display of Roman surgical instruments. They were acquired and put on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, but are not held by Wellcome Collection. A photograph of the display was accessioned in 1936 (accession number PHO 8133)

Publication/Creation

October 1941

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

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.

Terms of use

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

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  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
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