M0016157: Case of French amputation instruments, 18th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Case of 18th century French amputation instruments.

Photograph of a case of amputation instruments including an amputation saw and knives. It would have been used by a military surgeon. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in Paris in 1929 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4211/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

June 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R4211/1936.

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 2021.

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