M0002009: Photograph of a 16th century 'luxation' traction table from monastery of Pennabilli, taken at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum

Date:
June 1931
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/18/82
Part of:
Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Scamnum of Hippocrates from monastery of Pennabilli

Description

Photograph showing the extreme 3/4 end view from above of a sixteenth century 'luxation' traction table, also referred to as the scamnum or Hippocratic bench, obtained from a monastery of Pennabilli, Italy, in 1923, where was it was used as a refectory table. The photograph is recorded as taken by "SH" in the M Series register, and shows the table in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.

Publication/Creation

June 1931

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.

Terms of use

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

Where to find it

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