M0005880: A man operating on the head of another, known as a "pierre de tete"

Date:
03 November 1938
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/48/85
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Credit

M0005880: A man operating on the head of another, known as a "pierre de tete". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: A 'pierre de tete' operation.

Description

Photograph of an engraving with the Latin lettering "Hic cerebro arte senex male sanum eradit amorem"

Publication/Creation

03 November 1938

Physical description

1 photograph 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.

Terms of use

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