Doctor & Skeleton Patient Medical Antique 1800s Unusual Rare CDV Photo Oddities architecture Light crease upper-left

Light crease upper-left

the one across the middle isn't too heavy

Scratched in the background above his head on each tintype is his name

Clinch or Cuthbert Rifles

the men are: the explorer and geologist William Henry Holmes

Doctor & Skeleton Patient Medical Antique 1800s Unusual Rare CDV Photo Oddities architecture Light crease upper-leftOriginal 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.