M0019886EA: Six pairs of artery forceps

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Artery forceps, various left to right.

From left to to right: Liston's artery forceps acquired by the Wellcome Medical Historical Museum at an unknown point and given accessioned number A500402; Duffenbach's bulldog forcepts; Charriere's cross-action forceps acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1922 (accession number R24352); Thornton's steel compression forceps acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R13174); Spencer Wells' first type of straight artery forceps acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1917 (accession number R13173); and a later type of Spencer Wells artery forceps acquired by the Museum at an unknown point and given accession number A204192. Related images: M0019886EA

July 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for five of the items: A500402, R

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.