Journal : Revue photographique des hôpitaux de Paris ; vol. 1.
Paris : Adrien Delahaye, 1869.
Description : [1 l.] pl., 21-22 p. ; ill.: 1 photo. ; 22 cm.
Photograph : mounted albumen.
Subject : Genetic Disorders — Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Notes :
The subject was a ten year old female and her image is the first published photograph illustrating a condition now known as Prader-Willi syndrome. Parrot was a leading pediatrician in France and was remarked upon in the autobiography of Sarah Bernhardt who relied on his care into her adult years.
