M0007589: Manuscript illustration of the male genito-urinary organs

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Diagram of male genito-urinary organs, showing penis, urethra, testcles and one solitary galnd, probably meant for prostate.

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 male genito-urinary organs, showing penis, urethra, testcles and one solitary gland, probably meant for prostate. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 5th October 1936 (PHO 8887). Related images: M0007590, 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 8887.

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.