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    Image number: RS.10320
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    ‘Epilepsy’

    Date
    1831
    Creator
    Godefroy Engelmann (1788, French) , Engraver
    After
    Scharfe, Artist
    Object type
    Library reference
    Books/Bright, R_Diseases of the brain and nervous system part 2_1831
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 320mm
    width (print): 230mm
    Subject
    Content object
    human body
       > brain
    Description
    The external view of the skull in a long-term case of epilepsy.

    Bright states; ‘This appearance on the external surface of the calvaria is by no means common.’

    Plate 39 from Bright’s Medical Reports: Diseases of the brain and Nervous System part 2 by Richard Bright (London, Longman, Rees... 1831). Inscribed: ‘Plate 39.Drawn by Scharfe. London published Jan 1, 1830, by Longman, Rees, Orme & Brown. Printed by Engelmann & Co.’
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