Carotid aneurysm

  • Reference
    • GB 133 VFA.7.297
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1 Feb 1957
  • Physical Description
    • Height: 32.2 cms Width: 25.2 cms 1 object Drawing, carbon dustRoss board Good

Scope and Content

The main image is post mortem drawing of the underside of the brain with clear damage to the right frontal lobe accompanied by a smaller drawing of the brainstem region and three diagrams showing the progress of the enlargement and bursting of the aneurysm. Annotations on the back read "Patient's name 1.2.57. Aneurysm of carotid" and "57.04.03.12".

Signed by the artist at the bottom right of the main image.

Related Material

Rough sketches created in the process of making this drawing can be found in the collection of Davison's working sketches, see DDS/3/25.