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Hydro-therapy Department at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Military veterans receive therapy in hot water tubs, with George Gardner, director of the hydro-therapy department, Wisconsin Memorial Hospital on Farwell ...
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Date: 04 27 1931
Description: Lake View TB Sanitarium operating room. There is a large window along the back wall.
Poster

"First Aid Rooms" Factory Safety Poster

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard showing six first aid rooms at six different International Harvester factory and office locations: Champion Works, Akron Works Dispen...
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Tomac Plasma Bank

Date: 1944
Description: A woman stands next to a "Tomac Plasma Bank," a refrigerated cabinet designed to store blood plasma. The original caption reads: "Tomac Plasma Bank, engine...
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Portable X-Ray Machine

Date: 03 17 1949
Description: Interior of trailer with portable X-ray machine. Jean Gibbons, X-ray technician, is shown with unidentified woman getting an X-ray.
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First Aid Treatment at Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: Doctor applying a bandage to the arm of a worker at an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. On the left is a table with a stethoscope and medi...
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First Aid Department at P&H Plant

Date: 1916
Description: The first aid department at a Pawling & Harnischfeger plant. A woman sitting at the desk working on the "daily report first aid room." On the left is a sin...
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris Trameri, previously diagnosed with tuberculosis, reenacts being admitted to Lake View Sanatorium on July 9, 1947. Discussing her case are Dr. John K....
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"Well Baby" Clinic

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: Dr. Ruth Foster, left, is shown examaning baby Janet Lee Sommerville while assisted by Nurse H. Anita Anderson as the mother, Mrs. Robert Somerville, is lo...
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Medical Treatment Room at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 07 10 1942
Description: A man sits in a chair while a nurse examines his eye beneath a light in the Sterilizing and Eye Treatment Room of International Harvester's Quad Cities Tan...
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Examination of a Baby

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Description: Parents watch as their baby is given a physical examination by a woman at the Health Center.
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Treatment Room at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Interior of the treatment room at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bishop Salpointe. The room holds a variety of medical equipment.
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The Kennedy Center for the Hip & Knee at Mercy Medical Center — Interior

Date: 10 31 2003
Description: "Keeping our Friday fish fry tradition alive, Heather delivers a Friday meal featuring fish at Mercy Medical Center."
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Apothecary Shop of General Hugh Mercer

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Description: Apothecary Shop of Hugh Mercer (1726-1777), soldier and physician during the Revolutionary War. Erected around 1760, the building was restored to provide m...
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Nurse Examines Elderly Woman in Mobile Health Unit

Date: 1974
Description: A nurse IS examinING an elderly woman in a mobile health unit operated by the Alfred University School of Nursing. The mobile health unit traveled around c...
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Hospital Corps 1st Wisconsin Regiment

Date: 1898
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Hospital Crew of the 1st Wisconsin Regiment. Two men wear canteens and bags. Others wear straps around their necks that were ...
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Gifts For Neurological Patients

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Pauline Dubner, a patient at the Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, poses in her hospital bed next to a new record player in a case. Behind her stand the f...
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Red Cross Hygienic Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Red Cross Hygienic Company, distributor of disinfectants and insecticides, with the company's circular logo with a red cross in the cente...
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Public Health Clinic, Town of Lake

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Description: Two men are checking children with stethoscopes, another man is looking into a girl's mouth, and two women are writing in notepads. Other women and many ch...
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New X-ray Unit for Cancer Treatment

Date: 09 18 1958
Description: A Madison General Hospital employee demonstrates the "Maxitron 300" new powerful X-ray cancer treatment unit.

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