M0017665: Traction hook and ring knife from Pompei

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Traction hook and ring knife from Pompei, Naples museum

Reproduction of a photograph of a traction hook and ring knife from Pompei, held by the Naples Museum. Published in Das, Kedarnath: Obstetric forceps : its history and evolution, Calcutta : The Art Press, 1929

November 1959

1 photograph glass plate 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.