M0015937: Four lancets from an octagonal leather-covered case of surgical instruments, 18th century

Date:
1957
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WT/D/1/20/1/142/81
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M0015937: Four lancets from an octagonal leather-covered case of surgical instruments, 18th century. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced March 2022: Four lancets from octagonal leather-covered case.

Description

Photograph of the blades of four lancets showing maker's marks and names. from octagonal leather-covered case. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R3693/1936). They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

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1957

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the items: accession number R3693/1936

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Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Notes

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.

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

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