Ohio Medical College Students with Surgical Instruments, Dissecting Cadaver, circa 1876
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Late 19th-century medical schools employed cadaver dissection to teach human anatomy. A post-mortem dissection -- using bodies supplied by prisons or poorhouses or, sometimes, obtained from grave robbers -- became an important rite of passage for medical school students, who documented this instruction through photography. Photographs like this were personal reminders of a student's professional transformation and usually not intended for general viewing.
Late 19th-century medical schools employed cadaver dissection to teach human anatomy. A post-mortem dissection -- using bodies supplied by prisons or poorhouses or, sometimes, obtained from grave robbers -- became an important rite of passage for medical school students, who documented this instruction through photography. Photographs like this were personal reminders of a student's professional transformation and usually not intended for general viewing.
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
circa 1876
Subject Date
circa 1876
Keywords
United States, Ohio, Cincinnati
Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs)
Card photographs (Photographs)
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2013.0.1.43
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Mounting
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 2.5 in
Width: 4.25 in
Inscriptions
verso, printed: J. R. Brockway Photographer, 355 Central Avenue, Opp, Court St. Cincinnati, O. Duplicates can be had at any time.
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