M0008382: Dental forceps and forceps, 16th century

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Dental and pelican forceps, 16th century and a chest.

Display of a pelican, dental forceps and the case they come in. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R3639/1936), but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1941

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 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.