M0007316: Manuscript illustration of a patient being prepared for operation, 14th century

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Patient prepared for operation, 14th century manuscript.

Photograph of an illustration from an unidentified 14th century manuscript depicting a patient being prepared for operation by being strapped to a table, with draft caption underneath, likely as intended to be displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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.