M0018891EC: Human skull with trepanation hole, Uganda

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Trepanation

Photograph of a human skull with a trepanation hole in the frontal bone. The skull is from a Lugwari person, Uganda, who died in 1925. It was presented to the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum by a member of the Uganda Medical Service in June 1927 and was accessioned in 1938 (accession number R585/1938). Related images: M0018891EA, M0018891EB

December 1961

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R585/1938

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

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.

This item has been digitised but is not available online. Email collections@wellcomecollection.org to request access.