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| 1. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 Title page [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office] Title page 11 x 14 in Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb70) This rare pamphlet, by one of America's scientific pioneers, was intended for colleague microscopists and details some of Woodward's techniques for photo-microscopy, referencing a number of his images. Woodward served in the U.S. Civil War as medical officer and produced several publications on war-related diseases. In addition he was a microscopist of worldwide reputation and an important pioneer in photo-microscopy. A collection of his photo-micrographs are preserved in the Royal Microscopical Society London. |
| 2. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Striated Muscular Fibres of Mouse [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 1 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.368) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "STRIATED MUSCULAR FIBRES OF MOUSE. The injected capillaries are seen somewhat out of focus. Magnified 500 diameters. Negative No. 368, New Series." |
| 3. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Striated Muscular Fibres of Mouse (Mountl) [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 1 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.368) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "STRIATED MUSCULAR FIBRES OF MOUSE. The injected capillaries are seen somewhat out of focus. Magnified 500 diameters. Negative No. 368, New Series." |
| 4. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Striated Muscular Fibres of Mouse (Label) [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 1 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.368) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "STRIATED MUSCULAR FIBRES OF MOUSE. The injected capillaries are seen somewhat out of focus. Magnified 500 diameters. Negative No. 368, New Series." |
| 5. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Small Artery and Capillaries from Lung of Frog [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 2 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.365) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "SMALL ARTERY AND CAPILLARIES FROM LUNG OF FROG. The preparation was injected with a dilute silver solution and subsequently stained with carmine. Magnified 500 diameters. Negative No. 365, New Series." |
| 6. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 Sebaceous Glands in Eyelid of Calf [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 3 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (woodward367) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "SEBACEOUS GLANDS IN EYELID OF CALF. From a carmine imbibition. The hair around which the gland lobules are grouped, being out of focus, appears as a black spot. The secreting cells of the gland lobules and their nuclei are well shown. Magnified 500 diameters. Negative No. 367, New Series." |
| 7. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 Section of Kidney of Frog [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 4 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (woodward373) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "SECTION OF KIDNEY OF FROG. From a carmine imbibition. Some of the tubuli uriniferi are cut transversely, others obliquely. The nuclei of the secreting cells are well shown. Magnified 400 diameters. Negative No. 373, New Series." |
| 8. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 Section of Liver of Pseudo-Triton [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 5 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (woodward371) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "SECTION OF LIVER OF PSEUDO-TRITON. From a carmine imbibition. The polygonal cells and their nuclei are well shown. Magnified 400 diameters. Negative No. 371, New Series." |
| 9. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Section of Ovary of Cat [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 6 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.292) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "SECTION OF AN OVARY OF CAT. From a carmine imbibition. Showing the connective tissue of the ovary, with a number of immature ovules embedded. Magnified 400 diameters. Negative No. 292, New Series." |
| 10. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Section of Ovary of Cat [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 7 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.293) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "SECTION OF OVARY OF CAT. From a carmine imbibition. Showing an ovule with germinal vesicle and germinal spot, surrounded by the partially developed zona granulosa. Magnified 400 diameters. Negative No. 293, New Series." |
| 11. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Section of Ovary of Cat [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No. 8 (of 9)] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.294) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "SECTION OF OVARY OF CAT. From a carmine imbibition. Showing a Graafian follicle lined by the zona granules, in which is imbedded an ovule with germinal vesicle and germinal spot. Magnified 400 diameters. Negative No. 36294, New Series." |
| 12. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Epithelial Cell and Salivary Corpuscles [Report to the Surgeon General of the United States Army on an improved Method of Photographing Histological Preparations by Sunlight" - Issued by the U.S. War Department Surgeon General's Office - Plate No.9 (of 9).] Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (hb72.408) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With pasted-on printed label reading "EPITHLIAL CELL AND SALIVARY CORPUSCLES. Showing one cell of the oral epithelium and several salivary corpuscles. In one of the latter the nuclei are distinctly seen. Magnified 960 diameters. Negative No. 408, New Series." |
| 13. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1870 (ca) Head Louse Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (15x15 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (ia143) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With period manuscript notations "Head Louse / [Magnified] 50 [diameters by] Beck's 2[illeg.] / [Photo-Micrographic Negative No.] 452 [New Series.]" |
| 14. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Head Louse (Mount) Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (ia143) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With period manuscript notations "Head Louse / [Magnified] 50 [diameters by] Beck's 2[illeg.] / [Photo-Micrographic Negative No.] 452 [New Series.]" |
| 15. |  | Joseph Janvier Woodward 1871 (ca) Head Louse (Label) Albumen print, photo-micrograph 6 x 6 in (16x16 cm) Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs Courtesy of Christopher Wahren Fine Photographs (ia143) On fancy mount 14 x 11 inches (35x28 cm) with gilt imprint "WAR DEPARTMENT, Surgeon General's Office, Army Medical Museum… by J. J. WOODWARD, Asst. Surg., U.S.A. / By order of the Surgeon General." With period manuscript notations "Head Louse / [Magnified] 50 [diameters by] Beck's 2[illeg.] / [Photo-Micrographic Negative No.] 452 [New Series.]" |