M0004643: A dissection, attended by students and conducted by two disserors and a lecturer, c.1400

Previous title, replaced May 2020: G. de Chauliac, Mouers intimes du passe, in La grande chirurgie

A reproduction of a photograph of a line drawing depicting a dissection of a body on a table. The process is attended by students with two dissectors, and the lecturer can be seen holding an open book and a pointing rod. The illustration can be found in La grande chirurgie by Guy de Chauliac.

8 May 1936

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a copy of the publication depicted in the glass plate negative.

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 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.