Print  Specifics:
  • Type of print: Combination of steel & stipple engraving - Superb quality original antique print.
  • Year of printing: not indicated in the print. Actual: 1876
  • Publisher: American Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, Cincinnati and New York.
  • Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair)
  • Dimensions: 8 x 10.5 inches (20 x 26 cm), including blank margins around the image. 
  • Paper weight: 2 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin)
  • Reverse side: Blank
  • Note: 1. Engraved signature under the image, 2. Green 'border' around the print in the photo is a contrasting background on which the print was photographed.

Short Genealogy Info:
Daniel Brainard (May 15, 1812 – October 10, 1866) was a Chicago-based surgeon and founder of Rush Medical College.

Brainard made his reputation in Chicago by successfully amputating at the hip joint the leg of an injured canal worker, the first such operation in the United States. His other accomplishments include being the city’s first surgeon, editor of the Illinois Medical and Surgical Journal, proponent of the first general hospital for the city and then the first county hospital. He was also an organizer for the county and state medical societies. 
 
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