M0008369: Two tourniquets, 16th century

Previous title, replaced September 2020: Two Tourniquets, 16th century

Two 16th century wood tourniquets with leather straps, one is Italian. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 (accession numbers R2937/1936, R2938/1936, R2885/1936), but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1941

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.