M0001941: Reproduction of a book illustration depicting personal hygiene in the Minoan Palace of Knossos / M0001941EA: Reproduction of a book illustration depicting Dr. Caton's reconstruction of the scene [Asclepius, the Divine Physician] in the abaton or open-air sleeping-place at nightfall
- Date:
- June 1931
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/18/23
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Personal Hygiene in the Minoan Palace of Knossos.
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Reconstruction of Aesculapius in the Abaton
Description
Two images on one negative: the first is a book illustration depicting personal hygiene in the Minoan Palace of Knossos reproduced from Stubbs, S. G. Blaxland: Sixty centuries of health and physick : the progress of ideas from primitive magic to modern medicine, London: S. Low, Marston & co., ltd, [1931], plate XIV. The second is a halftone reproduction of a book illustration depicting "Dr. Caton's reconstruction of the scene [Asclepius, the Divine Physician] in the abaton or open-air sleeping-place at nightfall" in Haggard, Howard W.: Devils, drugs, and doctors : the story of the science of healing from medicine-man to doctor New York : Blue Ribbon Books, [1929], page 13. Related images: M0001921, M0001927
Please note that only the reproduction of Dr. Caton's reconstruction (M0001941EA) and a cropped version of the Minoan Palace (M0001941EB) have been digitised
Publication/Creation
June 1931
Physical description
2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative
Notes
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.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request