Glass specimen jar

Glass specimen jar, containing gauze soaked in a liquid, possibly carbolic acid, probably used by Joseph Lister

Details

Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A642738

Materials:: bottle, glass and stopper, glass, ground glass

type:: specimen jar

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