M0007444: Model of a 17th century parturition chair

Date:
6 September 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/63/98
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M0007444: Model of a 17th century parturition chair. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Model of parturition chair,17th century

Description

Photograph of a model parturition or birthing chair based on a 17th century design. The model was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is now held by the Science Museum (A63539). Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 11th October 1935 (PHO 5251).

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph sheet film negative; 12.6 x 10 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 5251.

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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