Doctor & Skeleton Patient Medical Antique 1800s Unusual Rare CDV Photo Oddities gutta percha a basket around his arm

a basket around his arm and a walking stick

all by the same photographer

from an Austin

and written on the inside of the back of the case is

Doctor & Skeleton Patient Medical Antique 1800s Unusual Rare CDV Photo Oddities gutta percha a basket around his armOriginal c. 1870 CDV showing a man.. probably a doctor sitting next to a real human skeleton. The man is holding an open (medical) book and has his other hand on the skeleton's forehead, as if taking his temperature. If you look closely, both are smoking cigars. 4" x 2. 5" with blank back, so location is not known. Light moisture stains, soiling and a scuff near the top.