Historical Indulgences

ca. 1865, [photograph of a prosthetic boot], M. Fontaine

via A Morning’s Work: Medical Photographs from the Burns Archive & Collection, Stanley B. Burns

• January 19 2012 | 308 Notes - Read More →
• Tags: historymedicalprosthesisvintage

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