M0019946EB: View of the maker's marks on a scalpel and catlin

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Scalpel inscribed 'Stodart patent', 2nd half 18th century.

Photograph of a scalpel inscribsed "Stodard patent" and a Dutch catlin marked with a star and a cross, both from the second half of the 18th century. They were acquired as part of larger surgical instrument sets by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum from Raymond Russell and given accession numbers A500447 and A500452 respectively. They are now held by the Science Museum (object numbers A500447 and A500452). Related images: M0019946EA

September-December 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index cards for the items: A500447 and A500452

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.

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