M0009926: Operation bell from University College Hospital, 1791

Date:
March 1947
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/87/48
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Credit

M0009926: Operation bell from University College Hospital, 1791. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Operation bell, dated 1791.

Description

Photograph of a bell from 1791 which was used to summon attendants hold patients still during operations prior to the introduction of anaesthetics.

Publication/Creation

March 1947

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 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 2021.

Terms of use

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