M0007469: Compartment from naval medicine chest

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Naval medicine chest

Photograph of a compartment including contents from a 16th century naval medicine chest. The chest was previously part of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but is not held by Wellcome Collection. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 16th October 1935 (PHO 5378). Related images: M0007465, M0007466, M0007467, M0007467EA, M0007464, M0007469EB, M0007470, M0007468.

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 5378.

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 2020.

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