M0010117EA: Trepanned skull, profile view / M0010117EB: Trepanned skull, top view

Date:
05 August 1947
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/89/21
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M0010117EA: Trepanned skull, profile view / M0010117EB: Trepanned skull, top view. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

Two negatives bound together. The first is a photograph of a human skull displaying a trepanation hole. The skull was found at Giebichenstein, Germany and at the time the photograph was taken was held by the Museum for Pre and Early History, Berlin. A photographic print of the skull was also held by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, accessioned in 1947 (accession number PHO 13023). The second is a photograph of a human skull displaying a trepanation hole. At the time the photograph was taken the skull was held by the Museum for Pre and Early History, Berlin. A photographic print of the skull was also held by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, accessioned in 1947 (accession number PHO 13024)

Publication/Creation

05 August 1947

Physical description

2 photographs glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

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Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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