M0010511: Human skull: front view

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Skull: front view.

Photograph of a upper part of a human skull of a young man who suffered from an osteomyelitis of the left brow, probably after a blow. The skull was purchased by A. D. Lacaille on behalf of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum in France in 1934. It was accessioned in 1946 (accession numer R4/1946). It is not held by Wellcome Collection.

12 March 1948

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: Accession number R4/1946

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 2021.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.