Powder produced from the decay of medical records. Jars.
- Date:
- [between 1980 and 1989]
- Reference:
- 34413i
- 3-D Objects
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Description
Debris produced by the decay of large volumes of hand-written ledgers containing records of gynaecological operations at Guy's Hospital, London, 1909-1912. Owing to damp, the outer leaves had turned to powder, a sample of which was collected in two jam-jars when the inner leaves were microfilmed at the Wellcome Institute in the 1980s
Publication/Creation
[between 1980 and 1989]
Physical description
2 jars containing powder : glass and pulverised paper
Lettering
Guy's Hospital obstetric and gynaecological cases 1909-1912. (Mr Targett and Mr Bellingham Smith.) Hysterectomies, ovarian cysts, puerperal fever etc.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 34413i
Lettering note
One of the jars labelled in ink
Type/Technique
Languages
Subjects
Holdings
- Two jam jars
Where to find it
large jar
Location Status Access Closed storessmall jar
Location Status Access Closed stores