M0019946EA: Scalpel inscribed "Stodart patent" and catlin marked with a star and cross

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

Photograph of a scalpel and a Dutch catlin, both from the second half of the 18th century. They were acquired as part of larger surgical instrument sets from the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by 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: M0019946EB

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.

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