M0016885: Surgical instrument makers producing items in their workshop

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Surgical instruments

Engraving, thought to be 18th century,showing the making of surgical instruments. A forge is shown in the background, grinding wheels and completed instruments are in the foreground. From a German work. Related images: V0016466

May 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 568190i

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.