M0006644: Operating table and knives used by Robert Liston

Date:
11 March 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/56/19
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M0006644: Operating table and knives used by Robert Liston. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced August 2020: Operating table and knives used by Robert Liston.

Description

Photograph of the operating table and amputation knives used by Robert Liston (1794-1847), Scottish surgeon, at the first operation carried out under ether in University College Hospital. The photograph was taken courtesy of University College Hospital Medical School.

Publication/Creation

11 March 1940

Physical description

2 photographs sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm photographic print; 9.5 x 11.6 cm

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.

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