M0005073: Antiseptic steam spray used by Josehp Lister

Date:: 28 November 1936

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/41/26

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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: M0005015-M0005163WT/D/1/20/1/41
        M0005073: Antiseptic steam spray used by Josehp ListerWT/D/1/20/1/41/26

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M0005073: Antiseptic steam spray used by Josehp Lister. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Lister, steam spray.

Description

Photograph of an antiseptic spray used by Joseph Lister during surgical operations to create an antiseptic environment. The item was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

28 November 1936

Physical description

1 photograph sheet film 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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