M0003712: Two skulls with surgery performed on them

Date:: 27 November 1933

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/30/80

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

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Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0003634-M0003732WT/D/1/20/1/30
        M0003712: Two skulls with surgery performed on themWT/D/1/20/1/30/80

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M0003712: Two skulls with surgery performed on them. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: 2 Peruvian skulls: 1 large trephined opening and 2 parts diseased by Uta

Description

Photographic print of two skulls. The top image is of a female skull with a large trephined opening. The bottom skull shows signs of a surgeon having cut away parts that were diseased by Uta (Lupus vulgaris).

Publication/Creation

27 November 1933

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8 x 11 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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