Ascertaining Capacity of Cranial Cavity by Means of Water: Photograph No. 2
Collection:

Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)

 

Contributor(s):

Julius Rien & Co., publisher.

 

Publication:

[United States] : Julius Rien & Co., [1885]

 

Language(s):

English

 

Format:

Still image

 

Subject(s):

Skull

 

Genre(s):

Pictorial Works

 

Abstract:

Black and white print of 2 men; one is holding a skull and the other is pouring water into it. This is "photograph no. 2" that appears in "On composite photography as applied to craniology; on measuring the cubic capacity of skulls, memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences; volume 3, 13th memoir" by J.S. Billings

 

Extent:

1 print : 30 x 23 cm

 

Technique:

black and white

 

NLM Unique ID:

101406476

 

NLM Image ID:

A022273

 

Permanent Link:

resource.nlm.nih.gov/101406476