Photographs of the wounded in the naval battles in Russo-Japanese War

Collection

Identifier: MSS 2/261

Scope and Contents

Album of photographs, numbered 97-190, with descriptions by S. Suzuki of injury and treatment of Japanese sailors and Russian prisoners of war, 1904-1905; includes initials of sailors and officers and battle and date on which wounds were received. Photographs primarily depict amputations, burns, and gunshot wounds. Includes typed letter signed, 1909 Feb. 19, of James Evelyn Pilcher concerning provenance of album.

Dates

1904 - 1905

Creator

Suzuki, S. (Shigemichi) (Collector, Person)

Biographical / Historical

Shigemichi Suzuki, Japanese physician and naval surgeon, was an 1887 licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets in the Imperial Japanese Navy, surgeon at the Tokio Charity Hospital, and professor to the Naval Medical College, Tokyo.

Extent

1 volume (94 photographs)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Ownership and Custodial History

Presented by S. Suzuki to James Evelyn Pilcher, 1905 Sept. 27. According to information from purchase source, three copies of album made by Japanese government; two presented to foreign governments, the third to "a distinguished surgeon of the U.S. Army."

Subjects

Related Names

Creator

Suzuki, S. (Shigemichi) (Collector, Person)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Photographs of the wounded in the naval battles in Russo-Japanese War
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script