M0017571: Pocket surgical instrument case containing a numbers of probe-ended instruments, found at Pompei

Date:: September 1959

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/157/43

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

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: M0017521-M0017631WT/D/1/20/1/157
        M0017571: Pocket surgical instrument case containing a numbers of probe-ended instruments, found at PompeiWT/D/1/20/1/157/43

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Pocket surgical instrument case found at Pompei, containing a number of probe-ended instruments. Restored

Description

Photograph of a restored pocket surgical instrument case found at Pompei, containing a number of probe-ended instruments. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of the Hamonic Collection and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4467/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection

Publication/Creation

September 1959

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R4467/1936

Copyright note

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

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.

Terms of use

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