M0019157: Amputation set used by a naval surgeon,18th century

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Amputation set used by a Naval Surgeon,18th c.

Photograph of an amputation set used by a naval surgeon in the late 18th century. The instruments are marked with a crown and the name of the instrument maker Evans. The set was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1935 and given accession number A135081. Related images: M0019158

September 1962

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for the item: A135081

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.

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