M0006370: Lower section of a Wellcome Historical Medical Museum display case: "Theory of Prehistoric Cranial Trephination. Dr Wilson Parry Exhibition"
- Date:
- 17 September 1939
- Reference:
- WT/D/1/20/1/53/52
- Part of:
- Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
- Archives and manuscripts
- Online
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About this work
Also known as
Previous title, replaced August 2020: Lower section of show Case of Dr. Wilson Parry's Theory of Prehistoric Cranial Trephination
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
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
Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.
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Location Status Access Closed storesBy appointment Manual request