M0016154: Truss for hernia, Indian

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Truss for hernia. From India.

Photograph of a brass truss for a hernia made in Gujarat, India. The pad is furnished with a spring, which can be adjusted to regulate the pressure. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1910 (accession number R389). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

June 1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R389.

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.