M0009723: Operation in the Cameroons

Date:: 07 November 1946

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/85/79

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0009644-M0009755WT/D/1/20/1/85
        M0009723: Operation in the CameroonsWT/D/1/20/1/85/79

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M0009723: Operation in the Cameroons. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced February 2021: Operation in the Cameroons.

Description

Carved wooden sculpture depicting Dr Simpson, Medical Officer at Bamenda, Cameroon, performing an operation on a patient whilst his assistant administers an anaesthetic. The sculpture was carved at Jabu Ode (Ijebu Ode) sometime between 1920-1935. It was presented to Dr Simpson who gave it to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in 1938. It is currently held by the Science Museum (object number A656670).

Publication/Creation

07 November 1946

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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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.

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