Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
The cholera at St. Petersburg and Nijni Novogorod, in Russia
Subject (Keyword):
Disease Outbreaks
Subject (Keyword):
Cholera
Subject (Keyword):
Hospitals, Special
Subject (Keyword):
Burial
Subject (Keyword):
Russia
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Publication Information:
[New York : Frank Leslie], 1892.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
C05563
Physical Description:
1 photomechanical print : b&w ; 42 x 29 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Seven illustrations of various aspects of the cholera epidemic in Russia.
Note (General):
Picture captions: Princess H.B. Shahouskoi and the Sisters of Mercy at the coffin of one of their number who succumbed to the cholera at Nijni Novgorod; Transporting the dead from the island to the city cemetary; Russia: cholera procession to the Spasskie Church at St. Petersburg; Cholera patients on board the floating hospital, Nijni Novgorod; Transferring corpses of cholera victims from the hospital to the cemetary at Nijni Novgorod; Floating hospital in the river near Nijni Novgorod; Burial service over the dead.
Note (General):
Ilus. from: Frank Leslie's weekly, 29 Sept. 1892, p. 233.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Source of Acquisition:
Gift; William H. Helfand; 2003;
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Call Number:
PP059187 num ovr
Record UI:
101459782

The cholera at St. Petersburg and Nijni Novogorod, in Russia

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