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Maker(s):Abbe, James
Culture:American (1883-1973)
Title:Treatment for obesity, Vichy
Date Made:ca. 1902
Type:Photograph
Materials:ferrotyped and toned gelatin silver print
Place Made:France; Auvergne: Vichy
Measurements:Sheet: 7 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in; 19 cm x 24.8 cm
Narrative Inscription:  signature on verso lower right stamped: PHOTO: ABBE / 34, Rue Armangaud - SAINT-CLOUD / REPRODUCTION INTERDITE, inscription on verso left in ink and pencil: No 16245 / Vichy / 74 / 10, inscription/description on verso center printed: 10. [scratched out] Traitment electrique contre l'obesite, augemente d'une application de / sacs de sel chaud. / Photo Abbe.
Accession Number:  SC 2020.13.7
Credit Line:Gift of Robert Flynn Johnson in memory of Minna Flynn Johnson, class of 1936
Museum Collection:  Smith College Museum of Art
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Description:
man reclining in a chair with electrical wires and salt packs on his body

Tags:
men; machines; medicine

Subjects:
Photographic gelatin; Men

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