M0002704: "Trepanning saws, elevators and weights" / M0002704EB: Retractors, scrapers, and drills used for scalping
- Date:
- 04 January 1932
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/22/83
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Surgical instruments used by Arabs. Trepanning sawa, elevators and weights
Description
Below on plate: Reproduction of a half tone print, after a photograph, of Arabic surgical instruments including trepanning saws, elevators and weights, with caption underneath. Above on plate: Reproduction of a half tone print, after a photograph, of retractors, scrapers, and drills used as scalping instruments, with caption. These images were reproduced from Hilton-Simpson, M.W.: Arab medicine & surgery: a study of the healing art in Algeria, London: Oxford university press, H. Milford, 1922. Related images: M0002700/M0002700EB, M0002702/M0002702EB, M0002703, M0002705/M0002705EB, M0002701/M0002701EB, M0002706/M0002706EB, M0002707/M0002707EB
Publication/Creation
04 January 1932
Physical description
2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Notes
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.
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request