M0006274: Egyptian stele, from Dawson: Magician and Leech

Previous title, replaced August 2020: W. R. Dawson, Magician and leech.

Reproduction of an Egyptian stele (stone monument), published in Dawson, Warren R.:Magician and Leech: a study in the beginnings of medicine with special reference to ancient Egypt, London: Methuen, [1929], to illustrate of "the typical deformation resulting from infantile paralysis".

09 May 1939

2 photographs sheet film negative; 12.7 x 10.2 cm photographic print; 11.8 x 8.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds 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.