The Army nurse in war
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Army. Recruiting Publicity Bureau.
- Publication:
- [Washington, D.C. : United States Army, Recruiting Publicity Bureau, 1944]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Military Nursing -- manpower Wounds and Injuries -- nursing World War II United States United States. Army Nurse Corps.
- Genre(s):
- Posters
- Abstract:
- White poster with black lettering. Title at top of poster, along with an illustration of a nurse's head in profile. Visual images are reproductions of b&w photos showing nurses at an Air Services Command hospital in Italy. Photo in upper portion of poster features a nurse holding a basin in front of a flier with a head or facial wound. Smaller photos in lower portion of poster depict a nurse administering a penicillin injection to a crewman who is in traction and a nurse re-dressing a skin graft on a soldier's back. Each photo has a caption naming the nurse, her home town, and the procedure shown, as well as a statement about the role of nurses. Note, seal of the Army Nurse Corps, and publishing information at bottom of poster.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 photomechanical print (poster) : 64 x 48 cm.
- Technique:
- black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101438482 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A026364
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101438482