M0017667: Instruments for cutting the bones of the foetus

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Instruments for cutting the bones of the foetus

Illustrations of an obstetrical instrument used by Ambroise Pare, published in Das, Kedarnath: Obstetric forceps : its history and evolution, Calcutta : The Art Press, 1929

November 1959

1 photograph sheet film negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.