M0015881: Blade of a bistoury with maker's mark, 18th century, and a necrosis saw with maker's mark, 17th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: A curved scalpel, showing maker's marks.

Photograph of the blades of a bistoury and a necrosis saw. The bistoury was was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in the 1920s (accession number R12936). The necrosis saw has a star maker's mark and was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R13584). Neither item is held by Wellcome Collection.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: accession number R19236 and accession number R13584

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 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.