Angles of mercy, on the field

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:: [Boston : Houghton], 1870
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Warfare
Military Personnel
Wounds and Injuries
Genre(s):: Pictorial Works
Abstract:: A nurse offers a drink to a wounded soldier in a battle field strewn with the bodies of the wounded and dead. In the backround, other wounded soldiers are ministered to by other women.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:: 1 print : 37 x 27 cm.
Provenance:: Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003; 03-75.
Technique:: wood engraving, black and white
NLM Unique ID:: 101460276 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: C05575
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101460276

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