Embalming Surgeon at Work. This view shows Dr. Burr, the embalming surgeon, engaged in the process of embalming a dead soldier.

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Embalming Surgeon at Work. This view shows Dr. Burr, the embalming surgeon, engaged in the process of embalming a dead soldier.

Date
about 1862
Medium
Albumen silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
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