Magic lantern slide (Medical drawing of nerve endings in mouth)

c. 1890

Object On display
Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Magic Lantern Slide. Nerve endings in mouth c1890 medical drawing human

Photograph by Egmont Contreras, ACMI

Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Previously on display

22 February 2026

ACMI: Gallery 1

Credits

creator

Maker not documented

Production dates
c. 1890

Appears in

Group of items

Hand drawn medical slides

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

AEO179134

Curatorial section

The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Pictures → MI-02. Play and Illusion → MI-02-C01 → Panel B1

Measurements

80 x 80 x 2 mm

Object Types

3D Object

Glass slide/Pictorial

Materials

glass, ink, gum arabic tape

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