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Medical Equipment and Patient Care

Images depict medical settings focusing on sleep studies and psychiatric care. Various equipment and patients engaging in activities create a somber, clinical atmosphere.

Photograph of an early ultrasound in use. An ultrasound scan, also referred to as a sonogram, diagnostic sonography, and ultrasonography, is a device that uses high-frequency sound waves to create images of the inside of the body. Dated 20th Century
Photograph of an early ultrasound in use. An ultrasound scan, also referred to as a sonogram, diagnostic sonography, and ultrasonography, is a device that uses high-frequency sound waves to create images of the inside of the body. Dated 20th Century
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France, Brittany, Dinan, 18/12/2021. Covid-19 vaccination centre in Dinan, Brittany. Here is the entrance to the centre and the waiting area for the vaccine. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan, le 18/12/2021. Centre de vaccination contre la Covid-19 a Dinan en Bretagne. Ici entree du centre et lieu d attente pour acceder au vaccin. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.
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17 November World Prematurity Day (Dzieñ Wczesniaka) in Krakow, Poland
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Colin Darlaston, 17, of Nuneaton, England, was knocked unconscious when lighting struck a tree under which he was sheltering during a violent thunderstorm. An examination later revealed this scar in the form of the tree's outline in miniature imprinted on his back. His clothes showed no signs of burn. July 27, 1947.
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body part x-rays
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Reportage in the psychiatric unit of a hospital in Haute Savoie, France.
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Reportage on a woman suffering from anorexia. Christel, 32, has suffered from anorexia for 2 years. Her body mass index (BMI) is 16.7 and is extremely thin. She constantly limits her food intake.
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Anefo photo collection. Actions Medical Specialists tariff reductions announced Van der Reijden. Patients treated VU Hospital. February 3, 1986. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Anefo photo collection. Children's broadcast to France. World War II, Public Health. 1945. France
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Institut Pasteur, US Researchers. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Poll photo collection. War volunteers in Malacca and Indonesia. Patient with a back inflammation in the hospital of Penang. 1946. Malacca, Malaysia, Penang
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Photo essay in a French Medico-Educational Institute. This institute takes care of 26 autistic teenagers.
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Artificial Insemination Center. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Mugwort moxibustion Back Therapy. Burning Moxa stick placed near acupuncture point on the patient’s back.. Mugwort moxibustion Back Therapy
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Vintage Photograph. Young girl playing nurse with Baby Doll.
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Reportage on a woman suffering from anorexia. Chloe, 24, suffers from anorexia. Her progress is followed at the SOS Anor Centre in Paris, France who offer multidisciplinary treatment. Hypnosis session with a hypnotherapy psychologist.
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Photograph of student nurses observing an operation. Dated 1942
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Mahatma Gandhi sleeping, 1939. Back: Secretary Mahadev Desai - MODEL RELEASE NOT AVAILABLE Copyright: xVithalbhaixJhaveri/DinodiaxPhotox
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Reportage on home birthing. Gisèle, an independent midwife, helps couples who wish to have a non-medicalized home birth in a family setting. Home births represent roughly 90% of births throughout the world, but only 1% in France.
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guerra chimica e difesa antigas, maschera pirelli per la popolazione, 1915 1918
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Reportage on a woman suffering from anorexia. Christel, 32, has suffered from anorexia for 2 years. Her body mass index (BMI) is 16.7 and is extremely thin. When Christel does her shopping she scrupulously checks the energy value of each foodstuff.
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Midshipman Cindy Mason is assisted by another midshipman as she attaches her oxygen mask to her flight helmet during a high-altitude pressure test at the Aviation Physiology Training Unit. Mason is participating in a one-week training program for students. Base: Naval Air Station, Miramar State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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DN-SN-89-07481. Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Radium Treatment in a London Hospital, England, 1940 A nurse quickly carries GBP50,000 worth of radium across the room to the radium treatment apparatus in a hospital in London. The radium is housed in a special container which is positioned at the end of a long rod, so that the nurse can hold it away from her body.
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SSGT Clyde D. Shell, left, and SGT Walter G. Chitwood demonstrate the use of a portable resuscitator in the USAF hospital emergency room. Base: Naval Air Facility, Misawa State: Aomori Country: Japan (JPN)
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H. Stephen an ***** who has been forced to live on a ledge of ***** over looking ***** he has not had ***** 1932 prior to that won ***** Hospital for 5 year ***** ambition is to return to her ***** in loving in London. October 24, 1938.
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Reportage in a state nursing home in Haute-Savoie, France. An auxiliary nurse helps a resident at meal time.
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Close-up of a senior man suffering from chest pain
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SAAR Story - Social Work - Kindergarten/Hospital. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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St. Lo's New Hospital, Inaugural Ceremonies. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Reportage in a state nursing home in Haute-Savoie, France. An auxiliary nurse helps a resident at meal time.
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Paul Glynn looking on as U.S. President Lyndon Johnson giving OK sign from his hospital bed following throat polyp removal surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, Robert Knudsen, November 16, 1966
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A 6-year-old Haitian boy is treated by Tech. Sgt. Patricia Wilson at Toussaint L'Ouverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 19, 2010,(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.)
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men women with medical masks during pandemic
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Anefo photo collection. The Red Crosship "J. Henry Dunant" makes a journey of a week with 42 young patients, mainly with respiratory and heart problems. The patients during the boat trip. July 14, 1969
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Photo essay in a French Medico-Educational Institute. This institute takes care of 26 autistic teenagers.
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The work of the American Hospital in Britain, Park Prewett Hospital, Basingstoke, Hampshire, February 1941 Nurses of the American Hospital in Britain eat lunch at the table reserved for them in the large nurses' dining hall of Park Prewitt Hospital, to which AHB is attached. A doctor of AHB stops at the end of the table to greet the ladies. Facing the camera on the left of the photograph is Sister Alma Gee. Sitting with her back to the camera nearest Sister Gee is Sister Trotter and facing the camera to the left of the photograph are lab technician Mary Mortell and Sister Lewis.
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Latest Model Resuscitator -- Simplified resuscitation will be in vogue on Sydney beaches this season if the Surf Life Saving Association can procure sufficient numbers of this American "Kreiselman" resuscitator. Water is pumped from the lungs by the customary Schafer method and the tongue piece placed over the tongue. Air is pumped into the lungs 15 times per minute. The valve allows in-take of air, which cannot be expelled until light pressure is exerted in the mask. December 10, 1950.
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The Does This For A Living - Yvon Yva Phshes into his body the pong pins and Stiletto before taking his place in the glass case. Fakir Yvon Yva was placed in a glass fronted box at the Etoile Theatre, in Paris yesterday. He intends to stay ther for over a month without food. and to make it just that bit more difficult he has put lung pins through the skin on his neck and chest and a stiletto through his breast. November 06, 1954. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).
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Doctors sitting at a meeting at Hanoi Pediatrics Hospital, Hanoi
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Free health and dental clinic by Remote Area Medical during the week of August 19, 2009, Los Angeles, California
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Badly burned girl at Hanoi Pediatrics Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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A nurse gestures to a surgeon during an operation at Hanoi Pediatric
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DN-SN-87-09517. Base: Zamboanga State: Maidanao Country: Philippines (PHL)
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Closeup photo of a female feet and hands at spa salon on pedicure and manicure procedure
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Institut Pasteur, US Researchers. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Glass diapositive photograph by Rudolf Pöch showing the interior of the leper hospital in Bombay, including patients, medical facilities, and furnishings.
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Anefo photo collection. First room together. Treatment budget of social work. Dr. M. Klompe. January 8, 1963
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A medical team participating in a MEDCAP (Medical Civic Action Program) administered a treatment in a village near Chu Lai, Vietnam in June 1965. This photograph was taken by Sgt L.D. Choate, a member of the Medical Corps. The program aimed to provide medical aid to the local population.
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Reportage on a woman suffering from anorexia. Christel, 32, has suffered from anorexia for 2 years. Her body mass index (BMI) is 16.7 and is extremely thin. Her doctor has prescribed her dietary supplements which are more often intended for undernourished elderly people.
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Night care by a team from the SMUR d'Abbeville, emergency doctor, State Certified Anesthesiologist (IADE) and firefighter from SDIS 80 of a child victim of a fall at his home. Broken tibia.
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Reportage in a state nursing home in Haute-Savoie, France. An auxiliary nurse chats to residents.
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DN-SN-88-07103. Base: Legazpi City Country: Philippines (PHL)
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An Indonesian medical officer wearing a face mask during sprays disinfectant at Adisucipto International Airport on March 16, 2020 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Indonesia continues to increase. Indonesia confirmed 134 cases of corona virus, and five killed. The World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Lockdown not yet an option for Indonesia, says President. (Photo by Devi Rahman/INA Photo Agency/Universal Images Group)
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