M0006224: Making cod liver oil, from Peters: Pictorial history of ancient pharmacy
- Date:
- 21 April 1939
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/52/7
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Cod liver oil.
Description
Photograph of a reproduction of an woodcut showing the manner of catching cod and preparing the oil. The reproduction is from Peters, Hermann: Pictorial history of ancient pharmacy: with sketches of early medical practice (Chicago: Engelhard, 1889 [©1888]) p.76. The photograph of the reproduction was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1939 (accession number PHO 11455). Related images: M0000450, M0000451, M0000454, M0000455, M0000456, M0000457, M0000458, M0000459, M0000460, L0043948.
Publication/Creation
21 April 1939
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative
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.
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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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request