Wilhelm Haack, his hands and forearms exposed against a black background, thumbs pointing towards each other, revealing less mobility in right hand. Photograph by L. Haase after H.W. Berend, 1859.
- Berend, H. W. (Heimann Wolff), 1809-1873.
- Date:
- 1859
- Reference:
- 31216i
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Wilhelm Haack is mentioned in Berend's 9th annual report (Bericht über das gymnastisch-orthopädische Institut zu Berlin), with the same disease as shown in the photograph (information kindly supplied by Ms Yara-Colette Lemke Muniz de Faria, 14 December 1999)
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1859.
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint, albumen ; image 17.7 x 13.5 cm
Lettering
Wilh Haack Nov 1859. Photogr. L.Haase & Co in Berlin, 178 Friedrichstr
Lettering hand-written in black ink on to sheet
The name and address of the photographer is printed on the sheet in a curve, parallel to the bottom line of the image
Reference
Wellcome Collection 31216i
Creator/production credits
Photograph after H.W. Berend (1809-1873), an orthopaedic surgeon working in Berlin. The photograph is part of a collection produced by the professional photographer L. Haase who was working in Berlin at the time Berend's interest in photography was developing. The photograph was probably commissioned by Berend, and follows a similar aesthetic structuring to that of his other studies, which include pencil drawings, lithographs and woodcuts, sometimes after photographs. Berend was also probably the first German physician to employ photography as an aid to the systematic diagnoses of orthopaedic patients. It is possible that these photographs were comissioned by Berend to illustrate an atlas he was preparing, which documented his observations in a number of hospitals in Berlin. There is no record of the atlas' publication
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