Exhibition Images

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Suicide by Cutting the Throat, 1898
Encircling Gunshot-wound in Brain, 1898
Carbonic-oxide poisoning (Charcoal-fumes) [carbon monoxide], 1898
Suicide through Stabbing, 1898
Heart of a 26-year-old man, perforated by a bullet, New York, 1937
Kidney sliced open to show penetrating stab wound, New York, 1937
Stomach showing splotches due to hemorrhagic gastritis, New York, 1934
Death mask, with wounds added, about 1965
Brain hypostasis, 1864
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Death mask, with wounds added, about 1965
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Upon a View of the Body

Death mask, with wounds added, about 1965
Painted and varnished plaster This visual aid demonstrates the characteristics of incision, laceration, and stab wounds.
New York City Medical Examiner's Collection, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.