M0004272: Display case showing a spectrum of surgical instruments

Date:
17 October 1935
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/35/15
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M0004272: Display case showing a spectrum of surgical instruments. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Display case showing evolution of Surgical instrument.

Description

A reproduction of a photograph depicting a plan for a display case showing the "evolution" of surgical instruments. The majority of the instruments in the place are ancient Indian instruments, while on the top right are examples from Pempeii (Italy), 16th century European and "modern" vaginal speculars. This was used for the Congress of Medicine in Spain, 1935.

Publication/Creation

17 October 1935

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2021.

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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