M0011172: Circular saw with spare blade, sometimes called a skull plough

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Circular saw - with spare blade.

Circular saw dating from the first half of the 19th century. The item was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknwon point but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1949

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2021.

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