M0006557: Illustrations of cauteries for fistula, from Chyrurgia Albucasim, early 14th century

Date:
30 January 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/55/38
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M0006557: Illustrations of cauteries for fistula, from <i>Chyrurgia Albucasim</i>, early 14th century. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Albucasis, Chirurgia Albucasum: Cauteries for fistula.

Description

Photograph of a page from a manuscript containing illustrations of cauteries. The manuscript is called Chyrurgia Albucasim: the surgical treatise in three parts by Khalaf ibn Abbas Abu al Kasim, called Al Zahrawi... and is held by the British Library (reference Add MS 36617). Related images: M0006553, M0006554, M0006555, M0006556

Publication/Creation

30 January 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.

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