NLM Digital Collections

[Plague victim showing legs below the knee, San Francisco, Calif.]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[between 1907 and 1909]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
San Francisco
Genre(s):
Portraits
Abstract:
Below-the-chest portrait of a male San Francisco plague victim, seated, barefooted with pants raised up to his knees, exhibiting the disease's effects on his legs.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photographic print : 13 x 18 cm.
Provenance:
Donation; Centers for Disease Control; 1983.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101443681 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A015979
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101443681