M0019978: Brodie's lithotrite by Weiss, early 19th century

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Lithotrite by Brodie.

Photograph of Brodie's lithotrite made from steel by Frederick Ernest Weiss by Brodie, used for crushing bladder stones. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1964 (accession number R63/1964).

January 1965

3 photographs on one negative sheet film negative; 3.5 x 13.3 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R63/1964

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.