M0019982: Set of surgical amputation instruments dated 1570

Previous title, replaced July 2022: A set of surgical instruments dated 1570

Photograph of a set of amuptation instruments including a saw, chopping instrument and several knives. Dated 1570 and from Heyden Hall, Norfolk. The set was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1930 and accessioned in 1930 (accession number R34908)

January 1965

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm/photographic print; 10 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R34908

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.

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