M0002702: Two Algerian men demonstrating the use of straight splints and an example of curved splints

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Illustration of straight splints with peg.

Reproduction of two photographs. The first of two Algerian men demonstrating the use of straight splints with peg to treat a broken leg with caption, and the second showing curved splints used to treat the tibia bone. 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, M0002701/M0002701EB, M0002703, M0002705/M0002705EB, M0002704/M0002704EB, M0002706/M0002706EB, M0002707/M0002707EB

04 January 1932

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds copies of the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.