M0014504: Portrait of Ignatz Leo Nascher (1863-1944)

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Ignatz Leo Nascher.

Reproduction of a photograph of Ignatz Leo Nascher (1863-1944) Austrian-American physician who coined the term "geriatrics". The negative was made from from an engraver's proof sent to Miss Burnstein by the Editor of Geriatrics. The proof was made from a photograph lent by Dr. Malford W. Thewlis. The photograph was not an original and it is doubted whether an original still exists.

February 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.