M0012956: Illustration of instruments for amputation.

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Instruments for amputation.

Left-hand side of plate: Photograph of an engraving of instruments for amputation reproduced from Dionis, Pierre, Cours d'operations de chirurgie, démontrées au Jardin Royal …, Paris : La Veuve de Charles-Maurice d'Houry, 1757. Right-hand side of plate: Photograph of a pair of spectacles. This reproduction was made from an unidentified source. Related images: M0012954, M0012953

April 1953

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm glass plate negative; 10.7 x 8.2 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

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 2022.

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