M0008189: Amputation saws, 16th and 18th century

Date:: October 1941

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/71/21

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0008169-M0008269WT/D/1/20/1/71
        M0008189: Amputation saws, 16th and 18th centuryWT/D/1/20/1/71/21

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Previous title, replaced September 2020: 3 Amputation saws, 16th and 18th century

Description

Display of amputation saws. They were acquired and put on display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, but are not held by Wellcome Collection. A photograph of the display was accessioned in 1936 (accession number PHO 8111). Related images: M0008187, M0008188, M0008190, M0008191.

Publication/Creation

October 1941

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.

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