M0016455: Two Seton needles in a small fish-skin case, 18th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: 2 Seton needles in small fish-skin case.

Photograph of two Seton needles in a small fish-skin case, from the second half of the 18th century. It was purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1957 (accession number R97/1957). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: acc. number R100/1957

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.

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