M0007403: Manuscript illustration of cauterisation points, c. 1200

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Minature: two men making an incision, circa 1200.

Photograph of an illustration from a medical and herbal miscellany held by the British Library (Sloane MS 1975), depicting cauterisation points for various named conditions. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 17th September 1935 (PHO 10332). Related images: M0007404, M0007405.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 10332.

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 2020.

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