X-ray photograph of a skull, probably from a person with Down's syndrome. Photograph by Finzi, 1913.

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 22.5 x 19.5 cm ; mount 25 x 20 cm

Martin G. Clinton Baker. 5 Nov 1913. Head. Anterior

Part of a collection of photographs formed by George Edward Shuttleworth (1842-1928). He was Superintendent of the Royal Albert Asylum at Lancaster from 1870 to 1893. On his retirement in 1893, he devoted himself to the study of insanity, and published a book entitled "Mentally-deficient children: their treatment and training", London 1895. Some of his photographs, manuscripts and publications were presented to the Wellcome Institute Library in 1929

Wellcome Collection 39115i