Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a boy named Matthews, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.
- H.C.F., of Gloucester, fl. between 1896 and 1901.
- Date:
- [1896]
- Reference:
- 590971i
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- Negatives of the Gloucester smallpox epidemic
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Matthews (forename unrecorded), of Lower Barton St., Gloucester. Considered a hopeless case, but survived, possibly with loss of sight in one eye. Not vaccinated.
Publication/Creation
[1896]
Physical description
1 photograph : photonegative, glass ; glass 10.6 x 8 cm + envelope
Lettering
Matthews L. Barton St. Considered a hopeless case. Boy convalescent. Blinded in one eye [whole phrase deleted]. Non vaccinated.
Lettering on envelope consists of handwritten description of patient, and printed letters "O.H.M.S." (On Her Majesty's Service)
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Wellcome Collection 590971i
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