New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital - Skin Graft
Identifier
nyumed:281
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Description
Physicians taking a skin graft using Thiersch's method, ca. 1889. The man with the razor is Theodore Dunham, assisted by Franz Torek (surgeon to the Babies Ward). Information below from Registration Record: This photograph appears in the journal "The Post Graduate" (303), with the caption "Taking the Grafts." The notation on the back states that it is Thiersch's method of taking the grafts and the surgeon with the Razor is Theodore Dunham assisted by Franz Torek, surgeon to the Babies'Ward.
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3.875" x 6"
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Note
BW photo scanned in color
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