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Ref NoDF/PAL/140/6/1/1
Alt Ref NoDF140/6/1/1
TitleIllustrations for 'Coast and Island'
DescriptionFile is labelled ‘Roy L. Moody 1 of 2’- contains three files
Photographs and X rays of skeletal material relating to occurrence of multiple myeloma in pre-Columbian remains, William A Ritchie, Rochester Municipal Museum/Rochester Museum of Arts and Science, New York
File labelled ‘A small Collection of photographs and letters dealing with Pathological Conditions of certain prehistoric Indians found in New York…’
Bound pages titled ‘Photographs of Pathological Specimens in the Archaeological Collections of the Milwaukee Public Museum’
File labelled ‘Structural Characters, normal and diseased, in a prehistoric Indian Skeleton, No 249, The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, London. Obtained in May 1932, from a burial on San Miguel Islands, California. Photographs and Xrays’
Date[1920s / 1930s]
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM Archives
Extent20
LevelItem
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