M0004274: Display case on optics

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Optical display showcase.

A reproduction of a photograph depicting a display case on the subject of optics. Ancient Egyptian artificial eyes can be seen, as well as Roman ocultist stamps. This was used for the Congress of Medicine in Spain, 1935.

17 October 1935

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

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

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