26 July 2011

"A man with a hole in his chest"

ca. 1890-1900, “Reverend Eavens, a man with a hole in his chest”, W.C. Bell

Post-traumatic?  Healed tuberculous fistula?  No details re etiology at the Wellcome Images source.

Via Historical Indulgences.

3 comments:

  1. Could be. Any CT surgeons (old ones) out there?

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  2. The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is in Frederick, MD. The address on the picture doesn't match the address of the museum (and the museum was a furniture factory and undertaking business during the Civil War. But I wonder if there's a connection.

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