M0005281: Boy with scars on his forehead as a result of treatment for epilepsy, Papua New Guinea

Previous title, replaced November 2021: Boyscarred forehead as a treatment for epilepsy

Reproduction of a photograph of a boy with scars on his forehead as a result of surgery, in an attempt to cure epilepsy and headaches, Papua New Guinea. Originally published in Dreissig Jahre der Sudsee by Richard Parkinson, Stuttgart, 1907. Related material: V0015970

November 1937

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:21405i

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.