(MEDICAL) army medical museum Group of 7 photographs from a

Sale 1954 - Lot 345

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(MEDICAL) army medical museum
Group of 7 photographs from a series made for the Philadelphia International Exposition depicting both models and photographs from life of Army medical facilities and equipment, comprising views of hospital tents, a hospital ward, models of barracks and train cars, and an exhibition of hospital models. Albumen prints, 8½x10¼ inches (21.6x26 cm.), with caption labels affixed to mount recto. 1876

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The Army Medical Museum was founded during the Civil War to act as a research facility since many doctors were unfamiliar with gunshot wounds, the causes of infections, or even blood typing. This group was made to illustrate state-of-the-art hospital and equipment designs. While the photographs are uncredited, well known photographers who were commissioned included William Bell.