C. 1900 Medical Surgeon Van Lennep Educational Surgery for Audience Philadelphia. Circa 1900 Macabre Medical Photograph on Board; Identified in Period Ink on Mount; "a Corner in Van Lennep's Clinic". Depiction of an Educational Surgical Operation Performed on a Body Covered in Blood Stained Fabric. an Audience of Well Dressed Men in Suits Appear in the Background, Appearing Quite Intrigued With the Procedure. Photograph by W. H. Rau of Philadelphia. See Blind Stamp on Lower Left of Image. Biography of Surgeon. Van Lennep, Gustave A., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Was Born June 25, 1873, in Constantinople, Turkey, Son of Gustave Richard Van Lennep and Mathilde E. Kuehn, His Wife. from 1883 to 1889 He Was a Pupil at the Sedgwick School, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Where He Prepared for the University of Pennsylvania. He Then Entered Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, Receiving from That Institution in 1894 the Degree of M. D. in 1895 and 1896 He Took Post-graduate Courses in the Hospitals of Berlin, Vienna and London, and in 1902 Again Visited Europe, Continuing His Studies in Switzerland and Vienna. in 1894 and 1895 He Was Resident Physician at the Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, and Is Now Junior Surgeon in the Same Institution. He Is Lecturer on Surgery and Director of Surgical Laboratories at Hahnemann Medical College, Surgeon to the Woman's Southern Homœopathic Hospital, and Surgeon to the West Philadelphia General Homœopathic Hospital and Dispensary. He Is a Member of the American Institute of Homœopathy, the Homœopathic Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, the William B. Van Lennep Clinical Club and of the Philadelphia Medical and Surgical Society. Dr. Van Lennep Married, December 17, 1901, Florence Leas, and They Have One Child, Alice Leas Van Lennep, Born April 12, 1904. Source: History of Homeopathy by William Harvey King. Exterior Dimensions Are Approximately: 14" X 10-3/4". Actual Image Size Is About: 7-1/4" X 5".

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typical light soiling and fading with occasional scuffs and dings. staining on mount.