This is a copy of an eighteenth century black and white print of surgical instruments in a case. The accompanying description states that there is a "brace, a set of murderous looking bits, knives, scalpels, a brush for cleaning the wound, etc.”

image.photograph.black and white 21.5 x 13.5 cm

English

Medical instruments and apparatus.
Medical instruments and apparatus -- 18th century.

Wilder Penfield Digital Collection

Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series E (Events) -- Sub-Series E/VN (Events, visual Neuro)

Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University

Case of surgical instruments, photograph. [Online image]. Wilder Penfield Digital Collection Wilder Penfield Fonds P142 -- Series E (Events) -- Sub-Series E/VN (Events, visual Neuro) . Osler Library of the History of Medicine, McGill University . Retrieved January 2, 2025 from http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/penfieldfonds/fullrecord.php?ID=9724

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E/VN 1-1.5