Materiality, Fragility, and Loss in the Medical Archive

Item

Postmortem photograph of Dr. James Samuel Howe, who died of cholera

Title

Postmortem photograph of Dr. James Samuel Howe, who died of cholera

Contributor

Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library

Date

1849

Description

Daguerrotype from The Stanley B. Burns M.D. Historic Medical Photography Collection

Format

Image

Identifier

https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/10/resources/11880

Rights

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Source

The Stanley B. Burns M.D. Historic Medical Photography Collection