M0018820: Cast of the mandible of a titanothere with evidence of an alveolar abscess

Previous title, replaced October 2020: Paleopathology: Alveolar abscess

Photograph of a cast of the mandible from a titanothere (large hoofed mammal from the Eocene Epoch) showing evidence of an alveolar abscess. The original mandible was held by the Academy of Sciences, Washington. The cast was acquired by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as part of the Roy Moodie Collection and accessioned in 1939 (accession number R725/1939).

October 1961

2 photographs on 1 plate sheet film negative; 10.2 x 12.7 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the accession register which provides an entry for the item: R725/1939

Copyright is held by Wellcome Collection

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

This item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.