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Medical Students Horseplay

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Description: A medical student is playing with electric shock equipment as Dr. Eugene Krohn, sitting at his desk with his feet up, is looking on. This is a carefully po...
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Medical Tent

Date: 1910
Description: Medical tent with what appears to be a patient in a bed, and doctor standing near a medical cabinet. The photograph is part of an album devoted to Internat...
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Rocking Newborns

Date: 1950
Description: Women feed and rock newborn babies in a neonatal hospital unit.
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Nurse with Child Patient

Date: 1950
Description: Nurse with a young girl patient and a container of blood.
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Medical Office at Auburn Works

Date: 1912
Description: Factory worker having his chest examined by a doctor inside a medical office at International Harvester's Auburn Works (formerly known as "Osborne Works")....
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Red Cross Workers

Date: 09 21 1942
Description: Large group of Red Cross Workers seated at tables, preparing surgical dressings in the assembly room at the American Federation of State, County and Local ...
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State Employees Making Surgical Dressings

Date: 08 17 1942
Description: State female employees making surgical dressings / bandages for the American Red Cross in the Wisconsin State Employees Association building, 448 W. Washin...
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Optometrist's Office

Date: 1906
Description: View of an optometrist's office, with equipment and supplies awaiting a patient.
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Ohio Chemical Salesmen

Date: 05 16 1950
Description: Group portrait of 25 Ohio Chemical & Surgical Equipment Company salesmen seated and standing around a table, 1400 East Washington Avenue.
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Conditions at Mendota State Hospital

Date: 02 06 1947
Description: A woman patient at the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute) who is restrained in her bed by a camisole, which prevents the use of her a...
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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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Cancer Dressings Project

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Participants in the American Cancer Society Dressing project, organized by Mrs. Charles E. Hemingway, Dane County field lieutenant, are: front row, seated ...
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Mock Operation

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Description: Three men, probably medical students, mimic an operation on a prostrate male. The men are identified left to right as: Price Arnold, Roy Van Schaick, Clyde...
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Dental Chair in International Metro Relief Truck

Date: 1941
Description: Interior of an International D-15-M (Metro) truck sold to Czechoslovakian Relief for service with Czechoslovakian Army in England. Original caption continu...
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Eagles' Auxiliary Members Making Dressings

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Members of the Eagles' auxiliary making dressings for cancer patients while sitting around a table at the Woman's Building. Around the table from the left ...
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Red Cross Blood Donor

Date: 09 08 1950
Description: Jules S. Jacobs sitting on a bed at the American Red Cross Regional Blood Center on East Washington Avenue after becoming the one thousandth donor at the n...
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St. Mary's Hospital Volunteers

Date: 09 19 1950
Description: The making of bandages is another hospital necessity which can be taken over by volunteer workers. Sister M. Carmelita, superintendent of S. Mary's hospita...
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Dispensary and Dressing Room at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 07 10 1942
Description: Tables, stools, and chairs in the Dispensary and Dressing Room of International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal.
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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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Red Cross Peacetime Activities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The work of the Red Cross in peacetime is less well publicized than its services during wartime. Their blood bank program is considered one of the most out...

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