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

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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.

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

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