M0011847: Photograph of a mounted cast of a tumour affecting two caudal vertebrae of a dinosaur (Apatosaurus louisae Holland)

Previous title, replaced May 2022: Tumor affecting two caudal vertebrae of a Dinisaur Apatosaurus Louisae Holland

Photograph of a mounted cast of a tumour (possibly a haemangioma/hemangioma) affecting two caudal vertebrae of a dinosaur (Apatosaurus louisae). The photograph is of the cast previously held by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, from the original specimen held by the University Museum, Kansas. The tumor was described in Moodie, Roy Lee (1880-1934): Paleopathology : an introduction to the study of ancient evidences of disease Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois press, 1923.

1951

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome holds the inventory card which provides an entry for the item (registration number R729/1939.

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.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.