M0007566: Urine flask used by Lister

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Photograph of a urine flask prepared by Joseph Lister in his experiments to confirm the work of Pasteur and preceded his introduction of antiseptic surgery. The flask was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

M0007566: Urine flask used by Lister

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