M0017146: Six surgical instruments found in a tomb at Thebes

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Surgical instruments found in a tomb at Thebes (part of a mount)

Photograph of a probe-ended hook, two spatulas and three bifurcated instruments found in a tomb at Thebes and mounted for display at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The items were previously part of the Musuem but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1958

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

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.

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