Dates of Creation: 1918

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w

Location: Cape Breton Regional Library - McLennan Collection

Reference Number: CBRL-P243

Scope and Content: 
Item is a photograph of the the leg of patient Delasalle during his stay at the hospital in Pontoise, France. Infected with gangrene gazeuse, an infection which plagued the men who were living in the trenches across France, the image shows Delasalle's leg prior to suturing.