title: Homage to an unknown photographer.
abstract: The Daguerreotype is an integral part of modern history as artifact and witness to great events and forms the basis on which the first surgical photograph of an amputation was taken in North America, during the Mexican-American War between 1846 and 1847; however, its photographer remains unknown.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Blanco-Dávila
mesh_terms: D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D008800:Mexico; D008889:Military Personnel; D010781:Photography; D014481:United States; D014857:Warfare