M0019964: Artificial left arm showing back of the hand, c.1600

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Artificial arm showing back of hand.

Photograph of an artifical left arm comprising a metal sleeve covering the forearm with elbow joint and a metal hand with an immobile thumb and articulated fingers. It is similar in construction to that made for the Knight Goetz von Berlichingen. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of the Harmonic Collection in 1928 and accessioned in 1945 (accession number R13/1945). Related images: M0019963

September-December 1964

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9 x 12 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R13/1945

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.