Doctor Photography 19th century
Carte de Viste photo of a doctor with a Cammann binaural and a wooden monaural stethoscopes resting on the table and aslo holding in his left hand a percussor resting on a medical text, circa 1855.
Carte de Viste photo of a doctor with a surgical set resting on the table. Note the phi beta kappa medical honor society pin on his vest, circa 1860.
Carte de viste with signature of Brigade Surgeon Dr. Stephen F. Elliot, c. 1863. Dr. Elliot was a 1848 graduate of Harvard Medical School and moved to California during the gold rush of 1849 where he was commissioned Surgeon, 4th Battalion California Mountaineers in which he served until 1862. In April 1862, President Lincoln commissioned Dr. Elliot as Brigade Surgeon for Brig. Gen. George Crockett Srong, who he treated for a fatal wound received during the union assault on Fort Wagner, Morris Island, South Carolina in July 1863. Dr. Elliot was charged with insubordination for disobeying orders from the chief medical officer for Morris Island when he persisteed in placing his field hospitals too close to the field of battle. He resigned his commission in October 1863.
