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  • Cranium and vertebral column: two cross-sections. Lithograph by N.H Jacob, 1831/1854(?).
  • Cross section of human cranium
  • Woman with malignant tumours of the cranium
  • Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion
  • Posterior view of cranium deformed according to fashion
  • Plate XXIV. Trepanning or trephining of the cranium.
  • An écorché, seen from the front, with proportions marked, and (left) cranium and cervical vertebrae, with proportions of body. Engraving by C. Paroli, after a drawing by Michelangelo, 1760-1770.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Anatomy of the heart, cranium, and brain : adapted to the purposes of the medical and surgical practitioner; to which is added, in notes, observations on the laws of life and sensation / by Alexander Ramsay.
  • Papanicolaou stained smear of a clival chordoma, microscopy. Chordomas are cancers formed of cells which resemble those of the notochord (spine) of a developing foetus. Although they can present anywhere within the spine and skull, the majority grow in the sacral region of the spine, corresponding to the lower back. This image shows a Papanicolaou (Pap) stained smear obtained from a needle biopsy of a chordoma in the clivus, a part of the cranium at the base of the skull.
  • Skull of child at birth and woman
  • Skull, from Treatise on human and comparative phrenology.
  • Human head sculpted in clay, completed model
  • Human head sculpted in clay, completed model
  • Human head sculpted in clay, forming the eye sockets
  • Human head sculpted in clay, refinement of facial features
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • A human skull showing signs of Trepanning.
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • Human skull inscribed for phrenological demonstration. One half accords with Gall's theories, the other, Spurzheim's. Probably of French origin.
  • A human skull showing signs of Trepanning.