M0020075: Set of circumcision instruments, Indian

Date:: 1965-1976

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/179/48

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: M0020026-M0020118WT/D/1/20/1/179
        M0020075: Set of circumcision instruments, IndianWT/D/1/20/1/179/48

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2022: Surgical Instruments: Indian

Description

Photograph of a case of circumcision instruments with the instruments laid out, from Srinagar. The set was acquired by Paira Mall on behalf of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1924 (accession number R15515)

Publication/Creation

1965-1976

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 3.5 x 8.5 cm photographic print; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

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.