M0008379: Trephines and specula, 5th to 18th century

Date:: November 1941

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/73/9

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0008371-M0008471WT/D/1/20/1/73
        M0008379: Trephines and specula, 5th to 18th centuryWT/D/1/20/1/73/9

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M0008379: Trephines and specula, 5th to 18th century. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced September 2020: Group of Trepans and speculum, 5th - 18th century.

Description

Display of trephines and an 18th French pewer speculum with glass lining, from the Harmonic collection. They were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and accessioned in 1936 but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

Publication/Creation

November 1941

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 2020.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.