M0007466: Naval medicine chest open showing contents and side compartments

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Naval medicine chest

Photograph of a 16th century naval medicine chest taken slightly from above open showing decorative interior of lid and contents with side compartments pulled out. The chest was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 10th April 1946 (R103/1946) but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 16th October 1935 (PHO 5375). Related images: M0007465, M0007464, M0007467, M0007467EA, M0007469, M0007469EB, M0007470, M0007468.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for the item depicted in the glass plate negative:R103/1946. Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photogr

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.