According to rowley, the image is the first of three views of a surgery registered on bigelow's tables for "disease of the fibula" –prosecuted july 3, 1847. Warren assumed responsibility of the surgery, a 19-yr-old portuguese sailor, named francis manuel. Rowley scholarship published online [1]. Date: Taken on 3 July 1847. Dimensions: 14.6 × 20 cm. Medium: daguerreotype. Collection: Getty Center.
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