Medical students observing an operation on a lantern screen via a projecting periscope located above the operating table. Halftone after H.W. Koekkoek, 1909.

[London] : The illustrated London news, 17 April 1909.

1 print : halftone ; image 30.5 x 23.5 cm

Students watching an operation at which they are not present: an attempt to abolish the hospital-theatre - the projector in surgery. ... Drawn by H. Koekkoek from a drawing in the "Scientific American," by courtesy of that paper. Extensive lettering accompanies the print

On reverse are several illustrations and lettering in an article about volcanic activities

Wellcome Collection 23548i