M0002793: "Physician opening a bubo of a plague patient"

Photograph of possibly a painting, depicting a physician bursting a bubo under the armpit of a plague patient surrounded by dead animals and people on the floor, with caption. The caption was likely used when on display at the Wellcome Historical Medical

28 January 1932

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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 2020.

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