Tentorial pressure cone

This material is held atUniversity of Manchester Library

  • Reference
    • GB 133 VFA.7.182
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1936
  • Physical Description
    • Height: 25.2 cms Width: 16 cms 1 object Drawing, carbon dustRoss board Good

Scope and Content

Ross drawing of the right hemisphere from below showing a tentorial pressure cone resulting from a right frontal abscess. The drawing has the following labels: tentorium, pineal body, post. commissure, red nucleus, crus, and uncus. Annotations on the back read "1936/235 Jefferson MRI restricted, patient's name, R. frontal abscess" and "tentorial pressure cone".

Access Information

This file contains sensitive personal information about an individual who is less than 100 years old and is closed under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998, subject to review by UoM archivist.

Related Material

This patient was one of Geoffrey Jefferson's patients with the patient number 1936/235. Whilst UoM Library holds the collection of Jefferson's patient case files, the file for this patient was unfortunately empty the notes presumably having been taken by Jefferson at some point.