M0016157: Case of French amputation instruments, 18th century

Date:
June 1957
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/145/1
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M0016157: Case of French amputation instruments, 18th century. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

June 1957

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

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

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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 2021.

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