Abraham May : May lost his eyes and right hand while blasting on the Utica & Black River Railroad, August 10th, 1871.

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Abraham May : May lost his eyes and right hand while blasting on the Utica & Black River Railroad, August 10th, 1871. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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Gloversville, N.Y. : Standard Print, [1873?]

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1 sheet (1 unnumbered page ) ; 23 x 8 cm

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Poem in 4 stanzas appealing for charity: "Mr. May has a wife and six children dependent on him for support. Before being disabled he was always a sober and hardworking man. What sum you may choose to give him will not be misplaced."
First line of poem: Good Christians, ever true and kind

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This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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