M0016259: Display board: excision of a cortex for epilepsy, 1886

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Photograph of a display board from an exhibit at the Symposium on the History and Philosophy of the Knowledge of the Brain and its Functions, 15-17 July 1957. The board shows an extract from the records of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, relating to one of the first three operations for the excision of a cortex for epilepsy, 3 July 1886. Related images: M0016244, M0016245, M0016246, M0016247, M0016248, M0016249, M0016250, M0016251, M0016252, M0016253, M0016254, M0016255, M0016256, M0016258, M0016260, M0016261, M0016262, M0016263, M0016264, M0016265, M0016266, M0016267

M0016259: Display board: excision of a cortex for epilepsy, 1886

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