work

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Shop

Café

Please note, due to essential maintenance work to our systems, you will be unable to request items in our collections; apply for, renew or pre-register for a library membership; or use our computers, laptops and printers from 06:00 on Saturday 12 July until 06:00 on Sunday 13 July. Our library will remain open as usual. Thank you for your understanding.

We're running paid user research studies to improve Wellcome Collection online

Take part in research

M0007803: Wound after removal of mamma and axillary glands, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

Drawing reproduced as figure 35 in Cheyne, W. Watson: Antiseptic surgery : its principles, practice, history and results, London: Smith, Elder, 1882. Related images: M0007798, M0007799, M0007800, M0007802, M0007804, M0007805, M0007806, M0007807, M0

Images from the photographic library

Photographic library: "M" series

"M" series glass plate negatives: M0007770-M0007885

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

M0007770: Case of surgical bougies used by Joseph Lister

M0007771: Two cases of cataract instrument sets used by Joseph Lister

M0007772: Cataract needles and forceps in a case, used by Joseph Lister

M0007773: Surgical instruments used by Joseph Lister

M0007774: Case of surgical scalpels used by Joseph Lister

M0007775: Microscope designed by Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869)

M0007776: Early achromatic microscope by James Smith

M0007777: Microscope designed by Joseph Jackson Lister (1786-1869)

M0007778: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the coagulation of the blood

M0007779: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the coagulation of the blood

M0007780: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the coagulation of the blood

M0007781: Floor plan of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, second floor

M0007782: Floor plan of the Wellcome Historical Medical Library, third floor

M0007783: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007784: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007785: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007786: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007787: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007788: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on the nature of fermentation

M0007789: Observations made by Joseph Lister on the effects of irritants upon pigments and vessels of a frog's foot

M0007790: Glass syringe used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation

M0007791: Separation tube used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation

M0007792: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation

M0007793: "Glass garden" and observational drawings from Joseph Lister's experiments on the growth of oidium toruloides

M0007794: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on fermentation in an organic liquid

M0007795: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on fermentation in an organic liquid

M0007796: Apparatus used in Joseph Lister's experiments on fermentation in an organic liquid

M0007797: Test tubes used in Joseph Lister's experiments on lactic fermentation.

M0007798: Method of tying vessels in dense tissues, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007799: Drainage tube with masses of gauze, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007800: Incision for inguinal hernia, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007801: Operation for stretching the sciatic nerve, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007802: Stitched wound, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007804: Excision of the hip joint, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007805: Surgical dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007806: Changing a dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007807: Dressings on the neck, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007808: Bandage on the head, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882), from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882) / M0007809: Breast dressings, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007810: Breast dressings and bandages, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007811: Binder outside breast dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007812: Axilla operation dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007813: Dressing for abscess with drainage tube, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007814: Abscess dressing from behind, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882) / M0007815: Lumbar abscess dressing from behind, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007816: Hip joint abscess dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007817: Hernia and scrotal dressings, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882) / M0007819: Hernia and scrotal dressings from the left side, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007818: Splint for knee excision, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007820: Hernia and scrotal dressing, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

M0007821: Casket presented to Joseph Lister by University of Liverpool, 1898

M0007822: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of London presented to Joseph Lister, 1907

M0007823: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of Glasgow, presented to Joseph Lister, 1918

M0007824: Casket containing the Freedom of the City of Edinburgh, presented to Joseph Lister, 1898

M0007825: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal College of Surgeons

M0007826: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal Institute of Public Health

M0007827: Joseph Lister's badge of the Order of the Dannebrog

M0007828: Joseph Lister's medal from the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina

M0007829: Joseph Lister's silver medal from the Royal Society of London

M0007830: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal Society of London

M0007831: Joseph Lister's gold medal from the Royal Society of Arts

M0007832: Joseph Lister's silver coronation medal of Edward VII

M0007833: Joseph Lister's silver Commemoration Medal

M0007834: Joseph Lister's Prussian Order of Merit

M0007835: Joseph Lister's British Order of Merit

M0007836: Joseph Lister's British Order of Merit

M0007837: Joseph Lister's Copley Medal

M0007838: Joseph Lister's Royal Society of Edinburgh Makdougall Brisbane Medal

M0007839: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1906

M0007840: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 17

M0007841: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 16 / M0007842: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 19

M0007843: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome with his cousin Frank H. Wellcome

M0007844: Portrait of Frank H. Wellcome, cousin of Sir Henry Wellcome / M0007845: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1877

M0007846: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), aged 25 / M0007847: Portrait of Robert Clay Sudlow (fl.1880-1905)

M0007848: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), with his parents and brother / M0007849: Portrait of Silas Mainville Burroughs (1846-1895)

M0007850: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), c.1932

M0007851: Portrait of Sarah Dingley Curtis, Henry Wellcome's maternal grandmother / M0007852: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in yachting costume

M0007853: Portrait of Mary Curtis Wellcome (1821-1897), Sir Henry Wellcome's mother / M0007854: Portrait of Mary Curtis Wellcome (1821-1897), Sir Henry Wellcome's mother

M0007855: Portrait of Reverend Solomon Cummings Wellcome (1827-1876), Sir Henry Wellcome's father

M0007856: Portrait of Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1902 / M0007857: The Nest, Hayes

M0007858: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in hunting costume / M0007859: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936), 1887

M0007860: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in costume as a warrior

M0007860 and M0007861: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in costume as a warrior

M0007862: Portrait of Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) in the costume of a monk / M0007863: Burroughs Wellcome and Co. work outing, 1886

M0007866: Portrait of Henry Mounteney Wellcome (1903-1987), son of Sir Henry Wellcome

M0007867: Portrait of an unidentified man / M0007868: Burroughs Wellcome & Co Head Office, Snow Hill, London

M0007869: Sir Henry Wellcome (1853-1936) and J. Baiz, his guide and interpreter

M0007870: Burroughs Wellcome exhibit at the World's Fair Columbian Exposition, 1893

M0007871: Log cabin school, Garden City, Minnesota, 1855

M0007872: Burroughs Wellcome and Co. work outing, 1886

M0007873: Grave of Sir Henry Wellcome's parents

M0007874: Sir Henry Wellcome's college thesis on urethral suppositories, title page

M0007875: S.C. Wellcome & Co advertisement by in "Garden City Herald", 1868

M0007876: Advertisement in "Garden City Herald", 1868

M0007877: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007878: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007879: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007880: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007880: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007881: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007882: Portrait of Dr. Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle

M0007883A: Sir Henry Wellcome's childhood home

M0007883EB: Home of Dr Jacob W.B. Wellcome (1825-1906), Sir Henry Wellcome's uncle / M0007883EC: Evan's Hotel, Garden City, Minnesota

M0007884: Dartford Works staff, 1900

M0007885: Sir Henry Wellcome's certificate of membership in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy Alumni Association

M0007803: Wound after removal of mamma and axillary glands, from Cheyne: Antiseptic Surgery (1882)

Collection contents

Available online

Selected images from this work

About this work

Also known as

Description

Publication/Creation

Physical description

Related material

Notes

Terms of use

Subjects

Where to find it

Note

Permanent link