M0006644: Operating table and knives used by Robert Liston

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Operating table and knives used by Robert Liston.

Photograph of the operating table and amputation knives used by Robert Liston (1794-1847), Scottish surgeon, at the first operation carried out under ether in University College Hospital. The photograph was taken courtesy of University College Hospital Medical School.

11 March 1940

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9.5 x 11.6 cm

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.