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.2005.081703

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] 112A; stamped in black ink: [star symbol] / Credit:: / VERNON MERRITT III / from BLACK STAR; adhered typed label: There are no more sterile for the operating room and he must break / for an hour so more can be prepared. / This gives him and opportunity to tour the wards and change perhaps 20 [underlined in blue ink] / dressings ,[underlined in blue ink] 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: 3 people; 3 people; Asian; Child; Child and adult; Crying; Day; Face; Glasses; Group; Health; Health care provider; Hospital; Hospital bed; Indoors; Male and Female; No Photostyle; Shirt
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: VIETNAM / HOSPITALS
Retouching: N