Male "Tubercular" Type: Provisional

Date:
c1880s
Reference:
GALTON/2/8/1/14/4
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Photographs of male tuberculosis sufferers, mounted on a large board. Described as "Narrow ovoids with regular and well-cut features = Tubercular type. (Provisional result)." Includes two composite photographs numbered 68 and 69. Number 68 is annotated as "chosen by Galton" and number 69 "chosen by Dr Mohamed". Also includes a set of twelve and a set of six portrait photographs used to make up the composite.

Publication/Creation

c1880s

Physical description

20 photographs

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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