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Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and labelled according to an unorthodox system of phrenology. Pen drawing, 18--.
Date: 1806Reference: 27670i
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The ear and the temple after Duverney, Valsalva and Ruysch. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.
Reference: 34495i
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A patient consulting his friendly doctor. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.
Ulrich, Joseph, 1857-1930.Reference: 12131i
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A section of a gorilla skull showing the cranial cavity. Lithograph.
Reference: 39729i
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A skull placed on some old books, a Venetian drinking glass, playing cards, a cigarette stub, and six coins. Watercolour.
Date: 1900-1999Reference: 3087739i
Books
Tantalum in the repair of traumatic skull defects / by Walpole Lewin, M.P. Graham and G.B. Northcroft.
Lewin, Walpole.Date: 1948
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Plate 53. Surgical technique and instruments for trepanation.
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The human skull : a cultural history / translated from the Swedish by Stanley Thomas with an introduction by Kenneth P. Oakley.
Henschen, Folke, 1881-Date: [1966]
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Johannes Vesling, seated below a swag of surgical instruments, indicates illustrations of the heart in a book displayed by a skeletal corpse. Engraving 1666.
Date: 1666Reference: 25042i
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Two sections of a human skull showing the cranial cavity. Lithograph by G H Ford.
Ford, G. H. (George Henry)Reference: 39730i
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Skulls: twenty-one skulls or parts of skulls arranged in four rows. Photograph.
Reference: 644350i
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Cranioklepty : grave robbing and the search for genius / Colin Dickey.
Dickey, Colin.Date: [2009], ©2009
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Human skull with chin tilted downward: Line engraving, 1780/1800?.
Date: [1780/1800?]Reference: 562080i
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Two skulls with temporal regions of different size and shape. Photomechanical reproduction with painting, c. 1902.
Date: 1902Reference: 28067i
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Description of and remarks upon an ancient calvaria from China, which has been supposed to be that of Confucius / by George Busk.
Busk, George, 1807-1886.Date: [1870?]
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A tooth-drawer is extracting a tooth from a tense seated patient, the room is scattered with objects pertaining to academia. Line engraving by A. Kesler after F. Giani after G. Dou.
Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.Reference: 16456i
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Catalogue of skulls of man and the inferior animals in the collection of Samuel George Morton.
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851.Date: 1840
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An animal skull from above.
Beales, David, 1954-Date: [approximately 2000]Reference: 3336079i
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A history of the brain. Part 1, A hole in the head.
Date: 2011
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Researcher ʻrecreatesʼ the face of Mozart / by Norman Hammond.
Hammond, Norman.Date: 1991
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Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann.
Winchester, Simon.Date: [2012], ©2012
Archives and manuscripts
M0013578: Skull of the Obercassel Man
Date: July 1954
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Human skulls: two figures showing a skull of an Inuit person and a skull from a tomb near Niagara. Stipple engraving, 1843.
Date: 1843Reference: 564574i
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Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.
Reference: 31448i
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The skulls of a female and male great ape, possibly a chimpanzee. Lithograph.
Reference: 39739i

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Three perspectives of a skull sectioned and labelled according to an unorthodox system of phrenology. Pen drawing, 18--.

The ear and the temple after Duverney, Valsalva and Ruysch. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

A patient consulting his friendly doctor. Pen drawing by J. Ulrich.

A section of a gorilla skull showing the cranial cavity. Lithograph.

A skull placed on some old books, a Venetian drinking glass, playing cards, a cigarette stub, and six coins. Watercolour.

Tantalum in the repair of traumatic skull defects / by Walpole Lewin, M.P. Graham and G.B. Northcroft.

Plate 53. Surgical technique and instruments for trepanation.

The human skull : a cultural history / translated from the Swedish by Stanley Thomas with an introduction by Kenneth P. Oakley.

Johannes Vesling, seated below a swag of surgical instruments, indicates illustrations of the heart in a book displayed by a skeletal corpse. Engraving 1666.

Two sections of a human skull showing the cranial cavity. Lithograph by G H Ford.

Skulls: twenty-one skulls or parts of skulls arranged in four rows. Photograph.

Cranioklepty : grave robbing and the search for genius / Colin Dickey.

Human skull with chin tilted downward: Line engraving, 1780/1800?.

Two skulls with temporal regions of different size and shape. Photomechanical reproduction with painting, c. 1902.

Description of and remarks upon an ancient calvaria from China, which has been supposed to be that of Confucius / by George Busk.

A tooth-drawer is extracting a tooth from a tense seated patient, the room is scattered with objects pertaining to academia. Line engraving by A. Kesler after F. Giani after G. Dou.

Catalogue of skulls of man and the inferior animals in the collection of Samuel George Morton.

An animal skull from above.

A history of the brain. Part 1, A hole in the head.

Researcher ʻrecreatesʼ the face of Mozart / by Norman Hammond.

Skulls : an exploration of Alan Dudley's curious collection / Simon Winchester ; photography by Nick Mann.

M0013578: Skull of the Obercassel Man

Human skulls: two figures showing a skull of an Inuit person and a skull from a tomb near Niagara. Stipple engraving, 1843.

Sarawak: preserved and decorated human heads taken and strung up by Sea Dayaks. Photograph.

The skulls of a female and male great ape, possibly a chimpanzee. Lithograph.