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The main circular unit of the Finsen ultraviolet lamp, presented by Princess Alexandra to the London Hospital in 1900
This Finsen lamp was presented to the Royal London Hospital (formerly the London Hospital) by Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) when she was Princess of Wales. The lamp was named after its inventor, Neils Ryberg Finsen (1860-1904), who in 1894 pioneered the use of ultraviolet light (UV) to treat tuberculosis of the skin.
Details
- Category:
- Therapeutics
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A600314/1
- Measurements:
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Height: 780 mm, Diameter: 860 mm, Weight: 50 kg
- type:
- finsen lamp
- taxonomy:
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- component - object
- lamp - light bulb
- ultraviolet lamp
- credit:
- London Hospital Medical College
