About This Item
Title
Trephining instruments
Subject
Trephining--instrumentation
Surgical Instruments
Skull--surgery
Book Illustrations
Description
Artist unknown.
Various instruments used for trephining or trepanning. In the center, a trephination is performed on a skull.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Source
Original image in: Woodall, John, 1556?-1643. Surgeons mate (London : Printed by John Legate for Nicolas Bourne, 1655), plate 1. ZEf 35 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
The Surgeons Mate, John Woodall's guide for military and domestic surgery, included an inventory and descriptions of the medicines and instruments necessary for surgeons and barber-surgeons, particularly those at sea.
Date
1655
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
ZEf_35.pl1
Original Format
1 print : engraving
Physical Dimensions
26 x 16 cm
Citation
“Trephining instruments,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2200.