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Autopsy Cadaver and Students
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View of an autopsy cadaver around which eight male students are gathered. The photographer was from Black River Falls, probably Charles Van Schaick. This image is from the Jackson County Historical Society, and the copy negative was loaned by the UW Department of History of Medicine in 1977.
1900
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Dissection Class
Panoramic view of Roy Van Schaick's dissection class, probably at Marquette University. Only one woman is present. The other thirteen people are men. Five cadavers, wrapped partially in gauze, are ...
Cabinet of Skulls
View of a wood and glass cabinet full of human skulls arranged on shelves. Probably photographed by Charles Van Schaick.
Medical Student in Laboratory
A view of a male medical student sitting on a chair facing toward the left. Behind him is a desk, and shelves full of instruments and bottles. A microscope is on the desk. Text on the back of the p...
Medical Students Playing with Skeleton
Three medical students, right to left: Roy Van Schaick, Price Arnold, and Clyde Harmer play with medical equipment and a skeleton. Reportedly, the name of the skeleton was Susan Allbones, whom Roy ...
Werner Clothing Store
1900
Families gathered outside of Werner's Drugstore on annuity pay day. A sign reads "Medicine sold here" in Ho-Chunk, German, and Norwegian. The Ho-Chunk syllabary on the sign "Ma Ko Oro Wena" reporte...
Dissecting the Cadaver
1894
Students surround a partially-dissected cadaver at the Chicago College of Dental Surgery.
