Section with pineal tumour

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 VFA.7.260
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1938
  • Physical Description
    • Height: 20.9 cms Width: 25.1 cms 1 object Drawing, carbon dustRoss board Good

Scope and Content

Ross drawing of a coronal section of the patient's brain. Annotations on the back read "Jefferson MRI patient's name 15 years old pineal tumour op. 1938". See also VFA.7.261 for another drawing relating to this patient.

This image features as figure 5 in the publication E.W. Twining, 'Radiology of the third and fourth ventricles, part II', British Journal of Radiology, 1939.

Related Material

UoM Library also hold the medical case notes for the subject of this drawing which can be found in the collection of Geoffrey Jefferson's patient case files, JCN/13/207.

Rough sketches created in the process of making this drawing can be found in the collection of Davison's working sketches, see DDS/3/14.