Credit: © The Royal Society
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
width (print): 230mm
Subject
Content object
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.’
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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