M0019321: Two three-bladed specula: one Roman bronze, the other 17th century steel

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Surgical instruments(A & B) 3-bladed specula in bronze and steel

Photograph of two three-bladed specula. The first is a cast of a Roman bronze specula found at Pompeii and now in the Naples Museum. It was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at an unknown point and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R7730/1936). The other is 17th century steel. It was purchased by the Museum in Paris in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R2850/1936).

January 1963

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession registers which provide entries for the items: R7730/1936 and R2850/1936

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.