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.
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[1896]
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590971i
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Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: a boy named Matthews, a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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.

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[1896]

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1 photograph : photonegative, glass ; glass 10.6 x 8 cm + envelope

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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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