Frontal bone

Made:
1801-1913 in Europe

Frontal bone, used by Dr. Wilson Parry to demonstrate trephining by primitive method, trephined entirely by hafted shark's tooth, provenance unknown, 1801-1913

Details

Category:
Surgery
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A652208
Materials:
bone and wire
type:
human remains and skull
credit:
Wellcome Trust