Amputation
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients
Collection
Identifier: P-AH
Abstract
The Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients is a small collection of seven photographs, dating between 1861 and 1865, and including tumors, fractures, and amputations.Addinell Hewson was born in 1828 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He was a resident of Pennsylvania Hospital, and later opened his own practice. Hewson also served as assistant surgeon to the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, surgeon to...
Dates:
1861-1865
Historical Medical Photographs Collection
Collection
Identifier: HMP
Scope and Contents
Since photography was invented in the mid-19th century, it has been used for medical purposes. The collection contains more than 4,000 photographs and showcases a variety of patients with diseases, injuries, and malformations, such as Civil War amputations, conjoined twins, and birth defects.
Please see the inventory linked below for further details.
Dates:
1865-1974, undated
Richard J. H. Hatchett letter
Item
Identifier: MSS 395
Content Description
This collection contains a single letter, circa 1889, written by Richard J. H. Hatchett to a colleague about Hatchett's strong belief in bloodletting.
Dates:
circa 1889
