M0016866: Original specimens of alkaloids extracted from cinchona bark by Pelletier

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Original specimens of alkaloids extracted from cinchona bark by Pelletier.

Photograph of two test tubes containing alkaloids extracted from cinchona bark by Pierre Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842). The items were presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Musuem in 1934 and accessioned in 1939 (accession numbers R1231/1939 and R1232/1939)

1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the items: accession number R1231/1939 and R1232/1939.

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.