M0011154: Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display: acupressure pins introduced by James Young Simpson in 1859

Previous title, replaced April 2021: Introduced by James Young Simpson.

Three acupressure pins mounted for display in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's surgery exhibition, 1947-1948. The items were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum but are not held by Wellcome Collection.

November 1949

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.