[A bone marrow transplant patient]

[A bone marrow transplant patient]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Schwab, E., photographer
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Equipment and Supplies
Patients
World Health Organization.
Abstract:
Interior view: a young bone marrow transplant patient is talking on the telephone; she is in a specially designed aseptic room with hand-ports through which she is able to manipulate the telephone. Verso: WHO/15299-15300. General. Immunology. This patient, who is in a specially designed aseptic room, has recevied a bone marrow transplant for the correction of a blood disease. Recent advances in immunological research have made this form of treatment possible. Her convalescence has been made more comfortable by progress in the design of such aseptic rooms.
Copyright:
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Copyright Information:
d World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101436942 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013622
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436942