Amputation
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients
Collection
Identifier: P-AH
Overview
The Addinell Hewson photographs of surgery patients is a small collection of seven photographs, dating between 1861 and 1865, and including tumors, fractures, and amputations.Addinell Hewson was born in 1828 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He was a resident of Pennsylvania Hospital, and later opened his own practice. Hewson also served as assistant surgeon to the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, surgeon to...
Dates:
1861-1865
