M0009981: Mortar of Gilbert Primrose (c.1535-1616)

Photograph of a replica mortar used by Gilbert Primrose (c.1535-1616) Scottish surgeon. The original mortar is held by the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. The photograph was used in Comrie, John D.: History of Scottish medicine, London : Published for the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by Baillière, Tindall & Cox, 1932

28 April 1947

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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.