M0009906: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: earliest references to anaesthesia in English printed books
- Date:
- March 1947
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/87/29
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced February 2021: Anaesthesia: earliest references in English printed books.
Description
Photograph of a display from the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's 1946 exhibition on anaesthesia showcasing two early references to anaesthesia in English printed books: Hieronymus Brunschwig's The noble experyence of the vertuous handy warke of surgeri, 1525 and William Bullein's Bulleins bulwarke of defence againste all sicknes..., 1562.
Publication/Creation
March 1947
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
Related material
Wellcome Collection holds the publications depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/D/1117 and EPB/D/1149/1
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.
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Can't be requested