M0011962: Photograph of eight Roman surgical instruments found at Pompei, including forceps or tweezers

Date:: 1951

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/106/54

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0011902-M0012008WT/D/1/20/1/106
        M0011962: Photograph of eight Roman surgical instruments found at Pompei, including forceps or tweezersWT/D/1/20/1/106/54

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M0011962: Photograph of eight Roman surgical instruments found at Pompei, including forceps or tweezers. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2022: 8 Roman surgical instruments found at Pompei, forceps or tweezers some October be for depilation

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of eight Roman surgical instruments found at Pompei, including forceps or tweezers possibily used for depilation, from one of eight photographs of a collection of instruments from Pompei in the possession of R.A.T. Lier, Antiquarian bookseller in Vandoeuvres, Geneva, Switzerland. Related images: M0011958, M0011959, M0011960, M0011961, M0011963, M0011964, M0011965

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1951

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 16.5 x 12 cm

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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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