Sujet

A brain, viewed from the side, supposedly from a subject with mental deficiency. Creator: N. Goulton May.

Légende

A brain, viewed from the side, supposedly from a subject with mental deficiency. Part of a collection of photographs formed by George Edward Shuttleworth (1842-1928). He was Superintendent of the Royal Albert Asylum at Lancaster from 1870 to 1893. On his retirement in 1893, he devoted himself to the study of insanity, and published a book entitled "Mentally-deficient children: their treatment and training", London 1895.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A34_089

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,8Mo (5,7Mo) / 42,0cm x 30,9cm / 4960 x 3648 (300dpi)

Mots clés

medical health medicine historical human body body bodies science anatomy organ scene photography illness depiction century vintage brain ill biology photograph anatomical charity concept photo B&W mental health mental illness 19th century black & white black and white B W albumen print nineteenth century history historic charitable institution photograph Heritage Art 19th-century research centre George Edward Wellcome Collection Wellcome Research Institute Wellcome Trust N. Goulton May May N. Goulton George Edward Shuttleworth Shuttleworth