M0007566: Urine flask used by Lister

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Urine flask used by Lister in connection with Pasteur.

Photograph of a urine flask prepared by Joseph Lister in his experiments to confirm the work of Pasteur and preceded his introduction of antiseptic surgery. The flask was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection.

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.