M0017780: Hypodermic syringe by F. Walters & Co, c.1870

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Hypodermic syringe, circa 1870 by F. Walters & Co

Photograph of a glass hypodermic syringe by F. Walters & Co, c.1870. The needle fits this instrument but was taken from another case. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1950 (accession number R13479).

February 1960

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R13479

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.