M0003528: Photograph of a surgery in a factory

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Silico-anthracosis

Glass plate negative of two photographs. The top photograph is of a surgery at the end of factory. The bottom photograph is a page from the book Silico-Anthracosis by W.E Cooke, showing curious bodies found in silico-anthracosis (a lung disease found in coal miners).

4 July 1933

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

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.