M0006370: Lower section of a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display case: "Theory of Prehistoric Cranial Trephination. Dr Wilson Parry Exhibition"
- Date:
- 17 September 1939
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Photograph of a display at the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in July 1939 including several skull fragments and trephination tools. Thomas Wilson Parry (1866-1945) was a doctor who researched trephining and would demonstrate the practice using different tools. A number of skulls, skull fragments and tools were acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum and are now held by the Science Museum. Related images: M0006367, M0006368, M0006369.
Publication/Creation
17 September 1939
Physical description
1 photograph
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm
glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 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 2020.
Copyright note
Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection
Terms of use
This item is fragile. Please consult the digitised version. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item By Appointment.
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Where to find it
Location of original
Wellcome Library; GB.
Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request