M0007590: Manuscript illustration of the uterine organs

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Diagram representing the uterine organs.

Photograph of an illustration from a late 13th-early 14th century manuscript held by the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Ms.Ashmole 399). The illustration depicts the uterine organs, showing the vagina, ovaries and fallopan tubes. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 5th October 1936 (PHO 8888). Related images: M0007589, M0007591.

9 December 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 8888.

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.

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