M0016258: Display board: excision of a tumour causing epilepsy, 1886

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Photograph of a display board from an exhibit at the Symposium on the History and Philosophy of the Knowledge of the Brain and its Functions, 15-17 July 1957. The board shows a photograph and case record from the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, relating to one of the earliest operations for the excision of a tumour causing epilepsy, 1886. Related images: M0016244, M0016245, M0016246, M0016247, M0016248, M0016249, M0016250, M0016251, M0016252, M0016253, M0016254, M0016255, M0016256, M0016259, M0016260, M0016261, M0016262, M0016263, M0016264, M0016265, M0016266, M0016267

M0016258: Display board: excision of a tumour causing epilepsy, 1886

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