Piece of infant's skull

Piece of infant's skull, used by Dr. T. Wilson Parry to demonstrate primitive method of trephining by boring holes with hafted sharks tooth, provenance unknown, 1801-1918

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652206
Materials:
bone
type:
human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust