Gloucester smallpox epidemic, 1896: Mr Worgan as a smallpox patient. Photograph by H.C.F., 1896.

  • H.C.F., of Gloucester, fl. between 1896 and 1901.
Date:
[1896]
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591047i
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Negatives of the Gloucester smallpox epidemic
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Mr Worgan, of Gloucester. A free drinker, bad case [of smallpox? or of drink?]. Walked into hospital with smallpox on him, recovered

Publication/Creation

[1896]

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

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Worgan. Free drinker, bad case. Walked into hosp. with S.P. on him, recovered 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 591047i

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