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

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

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.

09 March 1939

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16 cm

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 is held by Wellcome Collection

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