M0015922: Nine lancets from pocket cases of surgical instruments, 18th century.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Lancets from pocket cases, with name, 18th century.

Photograph of the blades of nine lancets bearing makers names and marks. Six of the items were purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R3672/1936). The others were purchased in 1927 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R4094/1936). None are held by Wellcome Collection.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provide entries for the items: accession number R3672/1936 and R4094/1936

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.