Volume 216 Issue 1, 11 January 2014
HUNTERIAN MUSEUM SERIES: WILD BOAR SKULL WITH ACTINOMYCOSIS OF THE MANDIBLE
The cover images in volume 216 are drawn from the vast Odontological Collection of the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. The Odontological Collection was founded in 1859 by the pioneering dentists of the Odontological Society of Great Britain. The collection has since grown to over 11,000 specimens demonstrating developmental anatomy and various pathologies of the teeth and jaws. The Odontological Collection is still actively used as a research resource for a wide range of fields including dentistry, history, zoology and osteology.
The image featured on this issue is of a wild boar skull affected by actinomycosis of the anterior mandible (RCSOM/G 51.7 in the collection). This skull is one of the most iconic specimens in the collection.
The Hunterian Museum is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday.
Website: http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums/hunterian. Email: museums@rcseng.ac.uk.
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