File:Galvanic brooch, France, 1880-1920 Wellcome L0057916.jpg
Original file (2,832 × 3,844 pixels, file size: 1.39 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]Galvanic brooch, France, 1880-1920 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Title |
Galvanic brooch, France, 1880-1920 |
||
Description |
The brooch is made from a number of different metals including brass, copper, lead and nickel-plated iron. The inscription translates from French as “Medical electro medal, purifies blood, cleanses bile, cures pains and rheumatism, health [is] all ruling”. It also carries the maker’s name, “E Osselin”. The brooch was sold as a form of electrotherapeutic treatment, not dissimilar to the way copper bracelets are still used to relieve the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. maker: Osselin, E Place made: France Wellcome Images |
||
Credit line |
|
||
References |
|
||
Source/Photographer |
https://wellcomeimages.org/indexplus/obf_images/35/a9/e3d00a62fc4f8c8e1f9fce6d2672.jpg
|
Licensing
[edit]- You are free:
- to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
- to remix – to adapt the work
- Under the following conditions:
- attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 11:15, 17 October 2014 | 2,832 × 3,844 (1.39 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | =={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = Galvanic brooch, France, 1880-1920 |description = The brooch is made from a number of different metals including brass, copper, lead and nickel-plat... |
You cannot overwrite this file.
File usage on Commons
The following page uses this file:
Metadata
This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.
Short title | L0057916 Galvanic brooch, France, 1880-1920 |
---|---|
Author | Wellcome Library, London |
Headline | L0057916 Galvanic brooch, France, 1880-1920 |
Copyright holder | Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
Image title | L0057916 Galvanic brooch, France, 1880-1920
Credit: Science Museum, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org The brooch is made from a number of different metals including brass, copper, lead and nickel-plated iron. The inscription translates from French as “Medical electro medal, purifies blood, cleanses bile, cures pains and rheumatism, health [is] all ruling”. It also carries the maker’s name, “E Osselin”. The brooch was sold as a form of electrotherapeutic treatment, not dissimilar to the way copper bracelets are still used to relieve the pain of rheumatoid arthritis. maker: Osselin, E Place made: France made: 1880-1920 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
IIM version | 2 |