A physician uses a stethoscope to listen to the heart of a young boy

A physician uses a stethoscope to listen to the heart of a young boy

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:
[August 11, 1970]
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Cardiovascular Diseases -- prevention & control
Physical Examination
Physicians
Auscultation
Child
Singapore
World Health Organization.
Genre(s):
Photograph
Abstract:
WHO/14871. WPRO. Heart diseases. Singapore. Heart disease strikes more and more frequently in all age groups. Its causes may be more or less accidental, or may be the consequence of years of accumlated neglect. It is often predictable and avoidable on the one hand, and curable on the other. Treatment may bring about a more or less complete cure or may limit or postpone the ill effects and keep the disease under control for many years. Young boy in Singapore undergoing a periodic heart examination.
Copyright:
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Copyright Holder:
World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
Extent:
1 photograph : 25 x 21 cm.
Technique:
black and white
NLM Unique ID:
101436952 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013947
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436952