M0006139: Profile of a skull with a hole caused by a boring operation

Date:: 09 March 1939

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/51/38

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0006102-M0006217WT/D/1/20/1/51
        M0006139: Profile of a skull with a hole caused by a boring operationWT/D/1/20/1/51/38

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced August 2020: Profile of Inca skull, hole by boring operation, from Wilson Parry Case

Description

Photograph of a skull belonginng to Thomas Wilson Parry (1866-1945) 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.

Publication/Creation

09 March 1939

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

Copyright note

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

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