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Collection of dermatological illustrations and photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/360

Overview

This collection consists of over 1800 illustrations, engravings, and photographs of skin conditions taken from various sources (journals and books) and pasted on black paper, often with a description on the verso. Also included in this collection are an incomplete set of the Stereoscopic Skin Clinic stereograph cards by Selden Irwin Rainforth, 1910; and various dermatological stereograph cards with descriptions from Albert Niesser's Stereoskopischer... Medizinischer Atlas, 1894-1911.

Dermatological conditions represented include: acne, dermatitis, eczema, epithelioma, lichen planus, lupus, pellagra, psoriasis, scabies, syphilis, and variola.

The compiler of this collection is unknown.
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Dates

  • circa 1895-1922

Extent

3.6 Linear feet (5 document boxes, 2 photograph boxes)

Language of Materials

English

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