M0007249: Anatomical models in wax showing the female internal organs and the foetus in utero

Date:: 6 September 1940

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/62/31

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0007218-M0007330WT/D/1/20/1/62
        M0007249: Anatomical models in wax showing the female internal organs and the foetus in uteroWT/D/1/20/1/62/31

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M0007249: Anatomical models in wax showing the female internal organs and the foetus in utero. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2020: Anatomical models in wax showing the female internal organs and the foetus in utero

Description

Photograph of six framed anatomical models in wax showing the female internal organs and the foetus in utero. A caption has been attached to the frame, likely as displayed in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 27th August 1935 (PHO 4078). The models are now held by the Science Museum (A600051).

Publication/Creation

6 September 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 10 x 12.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 4078.

Notes

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.