M0017149: Three bladed rectal speculum, 17th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Rectal speculum, three bladed, 17th century.

Photograph of a steel speculum purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in Paris in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2850/1936). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R2850/1936

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 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.