M0015873: Two trephination instruments for fitting a brace: exfoliating trephine and bone perforator, both 18th century

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Trephination instruments for fitting brace; perforator.

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Trephination instruments for fitting brace; drill.

Photograph of a trephine with maker's mark. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1957 (accession number R5/1957 and R4/1957). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

1957

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: accession number R4/1957 and R5/1957

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 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.