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Eye Exam

Date: 11 06 1933
Description: Dr. John E. Hughes, optometrist, tests a patient's vision in his office at 112 E. Main Street, using an eyeglass lens machine.
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Pre-Camp Physical

Date: 07 14 1933
Description: Doctor John E. Gonce examining a child's throat while other children wait in line, in order to go to "The Capital Times" Kiddie Camp.
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Operating Room

Date: 1911
Description: Doctors and nurses surround a patient on a gurney in an operating room at Stobhill General Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.
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Dr. Joseph Schneider, Famous Eye Surgeon

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Description: Dr. Joseph Schneider performs surgery on the eye of a man laying on a gurney, with assistance from a nun nurse and another man.
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Leech Lake Agency Medical Care

Date: 1901
Description: Dr. Stephenson, Leech Lake Agency physician, and assistants prepare a small pox patient for removal to the hospital.
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Doctor with Refugee Child in Algeria

Date: 08 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor is holding an Algerian refugee child who survived a French air attack that killed eighteen people. Behind them is a shepherd's daught...
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Red Crescent Doctor and Injured Man

Date: 1957
Description: A Red Crescent doctor examining an injured man who is wrapped in bandages. They are in Algeria.
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Two Doctors with Wounded Man

Date: 02 1945
Description: Two doctors attend to a wounded man on a stretcher in Iwo Jima.
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris (Mrs. Edward) Trameri being x-rayed by Dr. James M. Wilkie for tuberculosis at the free chest clinic operated by the Madison Department of Public Hea...
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Dr. Gunnar Quisling with Surgical Equipment

Date: 07 06 1945
Description: Capt. (Dr.) Gunnar Quisling is shown with a device (a surgical caliper or sliding square) he perfected for rapid detection of foreign bodies in wounded sol...
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"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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Doctors Examining Patient

Date: 05 19 1947
Description: Three doctors examining a patient for the Cancer Society.
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James Parkin

Date: 1945
Description: James Parkin, and a woman in eyeglasses, speak with another woman in a paper gown, apparently a patient.
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Mendota State Hospital student volunteers shown assisting Dr. Adolf Soucek give a patient electric shock treatment. The University of Wisconsin students ar...
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Hospital Room

Date: 1930
Description: Posed view of a patient room in the recently constructed Methodist Hospital, showing a nurse on the telephone near a bed, and a doctor and elderly patient ...
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Doctor Treating Patient's Arm

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Description: A doctor gives a patient an inoculation in an office. The two men could possibly be two medical students horse-playing. The man on the right is probably Dr...
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Doctor Examining a Young Patient

Date: 03 04 1949
Description: A male doctor examines a young female patient while two women look on.
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: The Madison Business and Professional Women's club celebrates National Business Women's Week by honoring some of Madison's business and professional women....
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Tuberculosis Patient

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Doris Trameri, 568 Park Lane, re-enacts receiving a routine chest x-ray at the free chest clinic operated by the Madison Department of Public Health. Dr. J...
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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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