M0007288: Manuscript illustration of a physician and assistant

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Physician and assistants, 13th c. manuscript

Photograph of an illustration from an early 13th century medical miscellany including Roger of Palma's illustrated surgical treatise, held by Trinity College, Cambridge (O.1.20). The illustration depicts a physician and his assistant with text in Latin above. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 29th August 1935 (PHO 4138). Related images: M0007287, M0007289, M0007290.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 4138.

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.