M0015938: Blades of two razors and a trephination lever, bearing maker's marks and names

Previous title, replaced March 2022: 2 razors from a pocket case of surgical instruments.

Photograph of the blades of three two razors from a French pocket case of surgical instruments, 17th century, and a trephination lever, 18th century. All three were purchased by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1928 and accessioned in 1936 (accession number R3665/1936 (razors) and R3632/1936 (lever)). None are 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 items: accession number R3632/1936 and

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.