Category: The Black Star Collection
Object Type: photograph
Photographer: MERRITT III, Vernon
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.081699

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscriptions]; verso, handwritten in pencil: DR. RICHARD PERRY, ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON WITH / PROJECT VIETNAM.; handwritten in pencil: [hash symbol] 10-66-963; handwritten in pencil: SHEET 12 / [line] / [hash symbol] 21 A; stamped in black ink: [star symbol] / Credit:: / VERNON MERRITT III / from BLACK STAR; adhered typed label” There are no more sterile drapes for the operating room and he must break / for an hour so more can be prepared. / This gives his an opportunity to tour the wards and change perhaps 20 / dressings, give encouragement to an old lady and her granddaughter, / and argue with the family of a woman[backslash] who is dying for want of an operation / which is impossible for want of blood.

Tagasauris Keywords: Aerial View; Bucket; Child and adult; Children; Day; Full-Length Portrait; Group of people; Group of people; Health; Hospital; Hospital gown; Indoors; Landscape; Male and Female; No Photostyle; Pain; Patient; Social issues; Still Life; Stretcher; Vietnam War
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: VIETNAM / HOSPITALS
Retouching: N