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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
[Interior view of a patients' ward, 7th Portable Surgical Hospital, Soputa, New Guinea]
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Hospitals, Military
Subject (MeSH Term):
Patients' Rooms
Subject (MeSH Term):
Malaria drug therapy
Subject (MeSH Term):
Quinine therapeutic use
Subject (Geographic Name):
Papua New Guinea
Publication Information:
1943.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A015369
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: A row of makeshift cots lines one side of a hospital tent. One serviceman stands above another who lies under a blanket on the cot. In the background a shirtless serviceman stands and watches.
Subject (Organization):
United States.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Sgt. Seely Phillips of Slate Hill, N.Y., gives quinine pills to Cpl. Hugh Mereille of Eureka, Mo., a member of the 163rd Infantry, 41st Division, who is suffering from malaria at the 7th Portable Hospital of the 41st Division, Soputa, New Guinea. These litters and litter holders are of native construction. 3-18-43.
Note (General):
"SC 242608"--Stamped on verso.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
7th Portable Surgical Hospital no. 2 box 2 mil
Record UI:
101442957

[Interior view of a patients' ward, 7th Portable Surgical Hospital, Soputa, New Guinea]

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