M0009595: Cranial operation depicted in a 4th century B.C. marble relief, from Laignel-Lavastine: Histoire generale de la medecine

Date:
04 September 1946
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WT/D/1/20/1/84/54
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M0009595: Cranial operation depicted in a 4th century B.C. marble relief, from Laignel-Lavastine: <i>Histoire generale de la medecine</i>. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced October 2020: Cranial operation: from a 4th century B.C. marble relief.

Description

Reproduction of a photograph of a marble relief found in the Asklepieion of Athens and now held by the National Archaeological Museum, Athens depicting a cranial operation being undertaken in the presence of Asclepius. The reproduction is from Laignel-Lavastine, M: Histoire générale de la médecine, de la pharmacie, de l'art dentaire et de l'art vétérinaire, volume I, Paris : Albin Michel éditeur, [1936-1949].

Publication/Creation

04 September 1946

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

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 2020.

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