Patients in for observation ... play dominoes

Patients in for observation ... play dominoes

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Cancer Care Facilities
Clothing
Patients
USSR
World Health Organization.
Abstract:
Interior view: a group of men are sitting at a table playing dominoes; they are dressed in hospital garments. Verso: WHO/11031. USSR-Cancer. The USSR against cancer. In a special issue World Health sets out to show how the world's second leading cause of deathis being fought. In its fight against cancer, the USSR concenntrates on mass examination, treatment and research. All men over 35 and all women over 30 have to be examined at least once a year. Twenty million people in the USSR were examined in 1963 and the mass campaign, begun in 1948, is being intensified in 1964. Patients in for observation at the Institute of Clinical ans Experimental Oncolody play dominos. The Institute is situated some 15km. from Moscow.
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Copyright Information:
World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151009
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101436903 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013800
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436903