M0005033: Six charms against rheumatism

Date:: November 1936

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/41/14

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0005015-M0005163WT/D/1/20/1/41
        M0005033: Six charms against rheumatismWT/D/1/20/1/41/14

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M0005033: Six charms against rheumatism. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced November 2021: A piece of bone, potatoes fossilised;charm against rheumatism.

Description

Photograph of six charms to be carried in the pocket by those suffering from rheumatism. The charms comprise: a piece of bone;fossilised potatoes;three small bottles containing mercury. Two are sealed with soft leather, one is exposed. The photograph is from an unknown source.

Publication/Creation

November 1936

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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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