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Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Plaster model of a brain

Plaster model of the human brain.

Plaster model of a sectioned human brain

Plaster cast of a human brain

1850-1920

Model of half a brain

Plaster model of part of a human brain

Glazed phrenological bust, 1850-1890.

1850-1890

Model of a human brain

1801-1850

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Pig brain in liquid paraffin

Plaster model of part of the human brain

Plaster copy of half a human brain

Phrenological plaster casts heads and masks, 1820-1950.

1820-1850

Model of a human brain

1801-1850
Small sealed specimen jar containing piece of brain of Burke the Edinburgh body-snatcher executed in 1829, jar made in Great Britain

Specimen jar containing piece of William Burke's brain

1821-1870
Brain of an adult human, wet specimen in alcohol.

Human brain

1900-1910
Freeze dried normal adult brain (age 69, male)

Freeze dried normal adult brain (age 69, male)

1900-1996
Freeze dried normal adult brain (age 83, female)

Freeze dried normal adult brain (age 83, female)

1900-1996
Half a human brain, galvanised, prepared by the laboratory at the Musee Dupuytren, Paris

Half a human brain

circa 1929
Three plaster casts of human brains, possibly French, 1820-1900

Three plaster casts of human brains

1820-1900
Human brain in brine, unknown provenance

Human brain in brine

before 1937
Freeze dried slice of Alzheimer's brain (age 81, female)

Freeze dried slice of Alzheimer's brain

1900-1996
Freeze dried slice of normal brain (age 53, male)

Freeze dried slice of normal brain (age 53, male)

1900-1996
Freeze dried slice of Alzheimer's brain (age 49, female)

Freeze dried slice of Alzheimer's brain

1900-1996
Dried human brain, half only, prepared by British neurologist Dr Albert Wilson (1854-1928) and donated to the Wellcome Collection by his daughter in 1929. She also donated his personal papers to the Wellcome library -- see MS.5025. See also A78778, A78779.

Dried human brain

1875-1929
Dried human brain, part only, prepared by British neurologist Dr Albert Wilson (1854-1928) and donated to the Wellcome Collection by his daughter in 1929. She also donated his personal papers to the Wellcome library -- see MS.5025. See also A78778, A78780.

Dried human brain

1875-1929
Dried human brain, part only, prepared by British neurologist Dr Albert Wilson (1854-1928) and donated to the Wellcome Collection by his daughter in 1929. She also donated his personal papers to the Wellcome library -- see MS.5025. See also A78779, A78780.

Dried human brain

1875-1929
Model brain of microcephalic person, with exhibition stand, 1900-1925, German

Model brain of microcephalic person

1900-1925
Plaster copy of a human brain, numbered and lettered

Plaster copy of a human brain