Piece of skull showing a trephination experiment using a shark's tooth, England, 1913
- maker:
- Thomas Wilson Parry
Piece of skull showing holes produced by trephination with hafted shark's tooth, experiment by Dr T. Wilson Parry, England, 1913
A series of holes was made in this section of a skull using a trephine consisting of a sharkâs tooth mounted on a wooden handle. This experiment was carried out by Thomas Wilson Parry (1866-1945), an English doctor who was interested in the tools and techniques of Neolithic trephination. Parry collected skulls from around the world and experimented on them using a variety of different tools. It is shown here with a shark's tooth used for trephination (A680638).
Details
- Category:
- Surgery
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A651998
- Materials:
- bone
- Measurements:
-
overall: 56 mm x 118 mm x 113 mm, .11kg
- type:
- human remains, skull fragment, trephination and shark's tooth
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
