Piece of skull used by Dr. T. Wilson Parry to demonstrate primitive trephining

Piece of skull used by Dr. T. Wilson Parry to demonstrate primitive trephining, first and second stages of flint bored hole method, taking 77 minutes, provenance unknown, 1801-1918

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652211
Materials:
bone
type:
human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust