M0009907: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: illustrations of operations performed without anaesthetic, 1598

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Operations performed without anaesthetic, 1598.

Photograph of a display from the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's 1946 exhibition on anaesthesia showcasing the illustration on page 135 of Jacques Guillemeau's Les oeuvres de chirurgie avec les portraits et figures de toutes les parties du corps humain et des instrumens necessaires au chirurgien, 1598

March 1947

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/D/3001

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 is held by Wellcome Collection

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