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Successful Excision of the Head of the Humerus
Successful Excision of the Head of the Humerus

Successful Excision of the Head of the Humerus

Artist William Bell (American, 1830 - 1910)
Date1864
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 6 inches (20.32 x 15.24 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.464
InscribedOn Army Medical Museum mount; a carte-de-visite portrait of the subject is included on back of mount.
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionImage of arm bone fragments displayed on a wooden platform labeled 2479.Exhibition History

Cabinet of Curiosities: Photography & Specimens. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, September 12 , 2012- February 10, 2013, no cat.

Published References
William Hammond, Circular No. 2 (Washington, D.C.: Surgeon General's Office, May 21, 1862): n.p. George A. Otis, Photographs of Surgical Cases and Specimens, prepared by direction of the Surgeon General (Washington, D.C.: Surgeon General's Office, 1871): 15.
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