M0019887: Two pairs of Spencer Well's ovariotomy trocars

Previous title, replaced July 2022: Spencer Well's Ovariotomy trocar. 2 examples

Photograph of two examples of Spencer Well's ovariotomy trocars, one showing the pointed cutting knife retracted. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum at unknown points and given accession numbers A2258 and A500403

July 1964

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession index card for one of the items: A500403

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.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.