Piece of infant's skull, used by Dr. T. Willson Parry to demonstrate primitive method of trephination using skull and taking 25 minutes, provenance unknown, 1801-1913
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652201
- Materials:
- bone and cloth, sticky tape
- type:
- human remains and skull
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust