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Army field maneuvers in the Carolinas, 1942. The x-ray room in the 6th
Evacuation Field Hospital (SC 139639). |
The operating tent of the base hospital. The two soldiers exiting have just
helped in an operation and are going outside to get a breath of air. Alaska.
1942 (SC 139815). |
The island base hospital is housed in a series of tents. This doctor is
washing his hands in the hot water coming from two five-gallon cans. There
is no plumbing, and this is the only system used for the purpose. A common
coal stove heats the water to the necessary boiling point. Alaska, 1942 (SC
139817). |
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Amputation of third, fourth, and fifth metacarpals. Pvt. Robert Fryer, Co.
G, 52nd NY Volunteers, wounded at Hatcher's Run, Virginia during the civil
war (CP 1041). |
U. S. Army Station Hospital in India. 1942 (SC 145479). |
General view of interior of surgery tent, showing an operation in progress
at the far end. North Africa. December 12, 1942 (SC 164145). |
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Operating room of the surgical hospital. Patient is suffering from gunshot
wound in the left leg. North Africa. April 4, 1943 (SC 175100). |
Sfc. Nibbe of the 618th Medical Corps stands by the surgical section
designed to permit life-saving operative procedures (NCP 1908). |
New surgical work being done on New Georgia Island by members of the 30th
Division Clearing Corps (medics). This picture shows the concluding
procedures in the treatment of chest wounds, when the air is drawn from
pleural spaces by a hose. August 18, 1944 (SC 186540). |
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Close-up of container that holds whole blood shipped to field hospitals in
France. The container also holds dry ice to keep the blood at its proper
temperature. 120th Evacuation Hospital, France. June 12, 1944 (SC 190395). |
Close-up of feet of two soldiers suffering from trenchfoot [circa World War
II] (SC 196768). |
In a hastily constructed tent on Okinawa, U. S. 10th Army medics complete a
cast on a soldier wounded by shell fragments. Assistants, meanwhile,
administer blood plasma. April 9, 1945 (SC 207917). |
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Capt. Bernard Sollard (Baltimore, Maryland) and Capt. Sidney Kahn (Chicago,
Illinois) assisted by Pfc. Gregory A. Mattio (Walsenburg, Colorado) perform
a brain operation on a wounded man. These men are members of the 26th
Portable Hospital (SC 239006). |
Wounded Charlie at VC Field Hospital [circa Vietnam War]. |
Army Medical Wagon. [Posed Civil War amputation scene.] (NCP 1563). |
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Cpl. Kirby Alexander, blood station, 6th Army Medical Depot, puts blood into
a special refrigerator that keeps blood between thirty-eight and forty-two
degrees Fahrenheit. August 1, 1951 (SC 376747). |
M/Sgt. G. J. Miller (Clementon, New York) selects human blood for a patient
at the 8076th Army Surgical Hospital at Kunu-ri, Korea. November 27, l950
(SC 354716). |
Lt. Mary O. Jones (Limestone, Tennessee), Army Nurse, cares for a badly
wounded Chinese communist captive in her ward at a mobile hospital in Korea.
December 26, 1950 (SC 355390). |
