M0016551: Two skulls showing craniotomy or extensive trephination, Peru

Date:: January 1958

Reference:: WT/D/1/20/1/149/2

Part of:: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive

Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

Wellcome Trust Corporate ArchiveWT
- Direct activitiesWT/D
  - Library and MuseumWT/D/1
    - Images from the photographic libraryWT/D/1/20
      - Photographic library: "M" seriesWT/D/1/20/1
        "M" series glass plate negatives: M0016550-M0016657WT/D/1/20/1/149
        M0016551: Two skulls showing craniotomy or extensive trephination, PeruWT/D/1/20/1/149/2

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Peruvian pots showing craniotomy or extensive trephination

Description

Reproduction of two photographs of human skulls from Peru showing signs of having undergone a craniotomy or extensive trephination. Published in Lastres, Juan B: Historia de la medicina peruana, volume 1, Lima : Impr. Santa María, 1951. Related images: M0016552, M0016553, M0016554, M0016555

Publication/Creation

January 1958

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.