Letter from Charles Hooker to L. R. Welles, Wetherfield State Prison, 1851
Item
Title
Letter from Charles Hooker to L. R. Welles, Wetherfield State Prison, 1851
Creator
Charles Hooker
Contributor
Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library
Date
1851
Description
Hooker, professor of anatomy and physiology at the Medical Institution of Yale College, asks Welles, warden of the Connecticut State Prison in Wethersfield, that if any death in the prison occurs, to give us "timely notice," as according to a state statute. Hooker is seeking bodies for teaching [i.e. dissection].
Format
Still image
Identifier
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/10/archival_objects/164000
Language
en
English
Rights
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Source
Hooker, Charles, New Haven, to L. R. Welles, State Prison, Wethersfield, Conn., 1851 July 1, Ms Coll 49, Box: 2 G-L. Miscellaneous letters collection, Ms Coll 49. Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/10/archival_objects/164000 Accessed July 24, 2023.
