Plague patients

Plague patients

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Clifton & Co., publisher.
Publication:
[Bombay?] : [Clifton & Co.], [1903?]
Manufactured: Germany
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Plague
Hospitals
Inpatients
Health Personnel
India
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
This black and white photographic postcard shows a hospital ward for bubonic plague patients in Mumbai during the epidemic that began in 1896. Harry Soundy, the owner of Clifton and Co., photographed patients and hospitals and produced postcards in order to show what was being done to address the plague. The view in the postcard looks down the length of the ward. The walls appear to be wood, lined with windows, and the ceiling is beamed. Rows of cots with patients line the walls. Down the middle of the ward there are tables and chairs and a plant in a stand. Four people, presumably medical staff, stand at the rear of the room.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black & white
NLM Unique ID:
101768411 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05516
OCLC no.:
1259400229
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101768411