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Operating Room
1911
Doctors and nurses surround a patient on a gurney in an operating room at Stobhill General Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland.
Nurse Taking Patient's Temperature
A nurse, possibly a student nurse, looks at a thermometer after taking the temperature of a female patient laying in bed.
Cuba City Hospital and Clinic
February 2, 1954
Surgeon Dr. K.K. Rossmann preparing for surgery at the Cuba City Hospital and Clinic. He is scrubbed up for the operating room in his gloves, hat and robe. A nurse is sitting behind him administeri...
Sick Ward at Charity Hospital
1854
An illustration of a nun/nurse carrying a pitcher in the sick ward of Charity Hospital. Patients lay in rows of beds along the walls.
Nuns at the Wisconsin State Fair
People saunter along the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair. A group of four nuns appears in the foreground, passing the Hoard's Dairyman booth.
Nurse Alma Padgett Feeding a Patient
February 20, 1942
Nurse Alma Padgett feeding a patient from a tray of food at Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
