Ruptured aneurysm

  • Reference
    • GB 133 VFA.7.288
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1948
  • Physical Description
    • Height: 37.6 cms Width: 23.4 cms 1 object Drawing, pencilPaper Fair, slightly curved

Scope and Content

Two large pencil drawings of the brain at post mortem with a large clot on the left side. Annotations on the back read "Mrs patient's surname 48" and "fatal rupture of aneurysm at carotid bifurcation. Recent clot left frontal lobe. Old clot left temporal lobe." The second of the two comments is typed.

Signed by the artist, bottom right corner.

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/3/23.