Farabee, William Curtis, Collection of Negatives, (1865-1925). 1902-1909

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Farabee, William Curtis, Collection of Negatives, (1865-1925). 1902-1909

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: The collection includes negatives and X-rays ofvarious Davy family members who were afflicted with brachydactyly (excessively shortenedtubular bones in hands and feet). Also included, are negatives of ruins, architectural elements,landscapes, and indigenous people taken during the Peabody Museum-sponsored SouthAmerican Expedition.

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Peabody Museum Archives, Harvard University

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Farabee, William Curtis, 1865-1925

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William Curtis Farabee was born in 1865 and was the second candidate to receive a Ph.D. in physical anthropology at Harvard. Although Farabee is more widely known as an anthropologist and ethnographer, he also studied human genetics under William E. Castle while at Harvard. His dissertation, Hereditary and Sexual Influences in Meristic Variation: A Study of Digital Malformations in Man, discussed the disorder brachydactyly, and was eventually published in 1903. Dr. Farab...

Mary Davy

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