M0000016: Chinese massage roller

Date:
03 June 1929
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/2/15
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Credit

M0000016: Chinese massage roller. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: No info available about this object

Description

Chinese roller made of wood, used to massage the intestines to promote evacuation. The item was acquired at auction in 1908 by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1916 (accession number 5495) but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

03 June 1929

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number 5495 image 44)

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

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