M0007242: Manuscript illustration of the nervous system

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Anatomical drawing of the nervous system.

Photograph of an anatomical drawing of the nervous system found in a Persian manuscript previously held by the India Office and given to the British Museum (manuscript number 2296) . A different reproduction of the drawing (M0000407) is included in Choulant, Ludwig: History and bibliography of anatomic illustration: in its relation to anatomic science and the graphic arts, Chicago: The University of Chicago press, 1920. Another photograph of this image was accessioned by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum on 28 August 1935 (PHO 4063). Related images: M0000401, M0000402, M0000403, M0000404, M0000405, M0000407, M0000408, M0000409, M0000410, M0000411, M0000412, M0000414, M0000415, M0000416, M0000422, M0000432, M0005332, M0005333, M0005334, M0007243

6 September 1940

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register for another photograph of the same image:PHO 4063.

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 2020.

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