Polytrichia (I︠u︡līi︠a︡ Pastrana)
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Publication:
- Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2010]
- Language(s):
- Latin Russian
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Hypertrichosis Cadaver Pastrana, Julia.
- Genre(s):
- Photographs Book Illustrations
- Abstract:
- Image of the corpse of Julia Pastrana. Pastrana died in childbirth while in Moscow in 1860. Anatomy professor Ivan M. Sokolov performed the autopsy and embalmed her body. Apparently a colleague alerted Mansurov to the autopsy photographs preserved at the Anatomy Institute of Moscow University Medical School, and he included it in a follow-up article on differences between "acquired" and "hereditary" polytrichia. Clinical Collection 2 [1887], facing pp. 24 and 40.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Related Title(s):
- Hidden treasure and Is part of: Klinicheskiĭ sbornik po dermatologīi.; See related catalog record: 67450670R
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 image)
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101595263 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A033053
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101595263