M0011155: Case of suture needles, 18th century

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Surgical instruments, suture needles, 18th century.

Fishskin covered case containing 11 suture needles. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and given the accession number R19274. They are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1949

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item (acc. number R19274 image 120)

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.