M0004681: Top and right views of illustrations of trephined skulls
- Date:
- 7 July 1936
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/37/83
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Top and right views of trephanned skull showing operation
Description
A reproduction of a photograph of print illustrations of trephined skulls. The top illustration is a Neolithic skull roughly 6000 years old from Seine-et-Oise, France. The bottom illustration is of a trephined from Kabylia in Northern Africa of a patient that possibly died during the operation as the results are incomplete.
Publication/Creation
7 July 1936
Physical description
1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm
Related material
Wellcome holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative.
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.
Terms of use
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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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request