Information sheet
Information sheet, photograph of trephinal skull and obsidian knife and an obsidian knife, from "The Lancet", June 13, 1914
- Object Number:
- A680379 Pt1
- type:
- information sheets
Three information cards
- Made:
- 1914
Three information cards, bearing cuttings of photographs and captions describing Mr. Wilson Parry's experiments in trephination with obsidian knives, one from "The Lancet", two from "The Medical Press", English 1914
Details
- Category:
- Ethnography and Folk Medicine
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A680379
- Materials:
- card, backing and paper
- type:
- information sheets
Parts
Information sheet
Information sheet, photograph of two pieces of skull trephined by obsidian, flake, from " The Medical Press", July 15, 1914
- Object Number:
- A680379 Pt2
- type:
- information sheets
Information sheet
Information sheet, photograph of trephined skull, and obsidian knife, with captions, from "The Medical Press", July 15, 1914
- Object Number:
- A680379 Pt3
- type:
- information sheets
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