M0017864: Porte tampon for the application of a pessary created by James Marion Sims, 1866

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Obstetrics, Porte tampon for application of pessary

Illustration published in Obstetrical Society of London: Catalogue and report of obstetrical and other instruments : exhibited at the Conversazione of the Obstetrical Society of London ; held by permission at the Royal College of Physicians, March 28th 1866, London : Longmans, Green, and co., 1867

April 1960

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.