M0019613EA: Letter from James Young Simpson to Thomas Nunnely, 1869: first and last pages

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Lister, Letter from J.Y. Simpson scorning use of carbolic.

Photograph of the first and last pages of a letter dated 12 July 1869 from James Young Simpson to Thomas Nunnely pouring scorn on the use of carbolic acid at Glasgow and Edinburgh and referring to the collection of records of amputations and the mortality in such cases. It is one of a number of photographs accumulated by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of its exhibition held in 1927 to celebrate the centenary of Lister, in conjunction with The Royal Society, The British Universities Hospitals and Medical and Surgical Colleges. Related images: M0019613EB

September 1963

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds several files about the exhibition: WA/HMM/EX/A

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.