M0012452: Algerian trephining instruments

Previous title, replaced March 2022: Trepanning instruments used by the Arabs of Algeria

Photograph of trephining instruments from Algeria. This reproduction was taken from Hilton-Simpson, MD.: 'Some Arab and Shawia Remedies and Notes on the Trepanning of the Skull in Algeria', The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 43, July-December 1913.

April 1952

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds a copy of the publication from which the image depicted in the glass plate negative has been reproduced.

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.

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