Stories
- Comic
Skull
Give thanks every day to your skull for holding your face in place.
- Article
The mystery of the malignant brain
In 1884 a neurologist successfully used a patient’s symptoms, plus a new kind of map, to locate a brain tumour. Discover how his best-laid plans for treatment worked out.
- Article
Ken’s ten: looking back at ten years of Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection founder Ken Arnold picks his favourite exhibits.
- Article
Getting the measure of pain
In the 20th century doctors tried to find a way to measure pain. But even when ‘objective’ measures were rejected, an accurate understanding of another’s pain remained frustratingly elusive.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Skull Mask (artwork)
Date: c. 1980sReference: PP/RSI/B/2/1/31Part of: Rita Simon Collection- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Skull clamp
Date: 20 February 1983Reference: SA/MAR/478Part of: Migraine Art Competition Collection- Pictures
- Online
Skull. Chalk drawing, 18--(?).
Date: 1800-1899Reference: 563372i- Pictures
- Online
Skull: anterior view. Line engraving.
Reference: 560840i- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
Skull in vice
Date: 1983Reference: SA/MAR/426Part of: Migraine Art Competition Collection