M0018209: Two double-blade knives for cutting microscopic sections, c.1855

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Knives for cutting fine sections.

Photograph of two double-blade knives for cutting fine sections, modifications of Gabriel Gustav Valentin's original pattern. The top knife was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1959 (accession number R17/1959) The bottom knife was purchased by the Museum at an unknown point and given accession number R19307. Neither item is held by Wellcome Collection.

August 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R17/1959 and R19307

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.