M0020106: Two stills from They made history: the conquest of pain, 1959

Two stills from the BBC drama They made history: The conquest of pain, which recreated the first operation under anaesthetic in Europe, the amputation of a leg by Robert Liston. The film was written and produced by Bill Duncalf, and drew on advice from Edwin Clarke and Frderick Poynter of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Related images: M0020104, M0020105, M0020107, M0020108

1965-1976

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds documents relating to the drama depicted in the glass plate negative: MS.8577

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.