M0019379: Electrogalvanic amulets for protection from and cure of disease

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Electrogalvanic amulets.

Photograph of three electrogalvanic amulets. The amulet on the left was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of the de Mortillet Collection and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R14328/1936). There are no particulars about the other two.

March 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for one of the items: R14328/1936

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.