M0006490: Surgical instruments case, open with tray

Date:
28 December 1939
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/54/70
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M0006490: Surgical instruments case, open with tray. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Surgical instruments case, with initials, open with tray.

Description

Photograph of an early 17th century case containin surgical instruments for amputation and trephination. The case is leather bound and has the initials A. P. stamped on the top. The item was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R3653/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection. Related images: M0006490, M0015940.

Publication/Creation

28 December 1939

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm photographic print; 11.3 x 15.3 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.

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Terms of use

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

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