Piece of infant's skull used by Dr. Wilson Parry to demonstrate primitive method of trephining, using obsidian flake, taking 8 minutes, provenance unknown, 1801-1913
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A652207
- Materials:
- bone
- type:
- human remains and skull
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
