Diorama "New Horizons in Surgery" showing operation being carried out under antiseptic conditions in 1877

Made:: 1930-1933 in London

Diorama "New Horizons in Surgery" showing operation being carried out under antiseptic conditions in 1877, made by Edward Ashenden for the Wellcome Institute, London, 1930-1933

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A626417

Materials:: wood, metal, glass and plaster

type:: dioramas

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Diorama "New Horizons in Surgery" showing operation being carried out under antiseptic conditions in 1877

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