Piece of skull showing hole produced by trephination with obsidian instrument

Made:: 1913-1920 in England

maker:: Thomas Wilson Parry

Piece of skull showing hole produced by trephination with obsidian instrument, experiment by Dr.T. Wilson Parry, England, 1913-1920

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Category:: Surgery

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A651990

Materials:: bone

type:: human remains and skulls

credit:: Wellcome Trust

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Piece of skull showing hole produced by trephination with obsidian instrument

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