Patient with arm and hand in cast with large open area for wounds to arm
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Title
Patient with arm and hand in cast with large open area for wounds to arm
Subject
lantern slides
Greenough, Robert B. (Robert Battey), 1871-1937
World War, 1914-1918
Surgical plaster casts
Wounds and injuries
Description
From a set of two boxes of lantern slides by Dr. Robert Battey Greenough, covering his service in 1915 with the First Harvard Unit and the American Ambulance in France during World War I.
Abstract
Lantern slide taken in France during World War I, showing a patient in bed with his right arm in a cast that is mostly open to allow access to wounds, while staying stabilized by large metal supports.
Creator
Greenough, Robert B. (Robert Battey), 1871-1937
Date Created
1917-1919, circa
Rights
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Access Rights
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Is Part Of
Warren Anatomical Museum (21245.086)
Format
image
Extent
1 black-and-white lantern slide
Type
still image
Identifier
WAM 21245.086
Provenance
Donated to the Warren Anatomical Museum by the estate of Dr. Robert Battey Greenough, 1937.
Files
Citation
Greenough, Robert B. (Robert Battey), 1871-1937, “Patient with arm and hand in cast with large open area for wounds to arm,” OnView, accessed April 29, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17617.