Lewis Albert Sayre with Patient

Alternative Title

Sayre, Lewis Albert

Identifier

nyumed:199

Collection

Historic Images

Linked Agent

Creator (cre): New York University School of Medicine

Resource Type

Still Image

Genre

Photographs

Description

Lewis Albert Sayre, MD (1820-1900), observes the change in the curvature of the spine as a patient self-suspends herself prior to being wrapped in Sayre's plaster of Paris bandage treatment. Dr. Sayre served as Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bellevue Hospital Medical College from 1861 to 1897 and as Emeritus Professor from 1897 to 1898.

Physical Form

B&W print

Extent

3.875" x 4.875"

Subject

Faculty, medical
Physicians
Medical instruments and apparatus

Geographic Subject

United States of America
New York City
Subjects (name)
Sayre, Lewis A. (Lewis Albert), 1820-1900

Note

BW negative transparency scanned in color

Rights

Reproductions are provided for private study, scholarship, and research uses only, in accordance with the Copyright law (Title 17, United States Code). Reproductions are the sole and exclusive property of the NYU Medical Archives and may not be reproduced in any fashion or used for any purpose other than private scholarship without the express written consent of the NYU Medical Archives.