Professor J.J. Pindborg

Professor J.J. Pindborg

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Boucas, Philip, photographer
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Dental Offices
World Health Organization.
Genre(s):
Portrait
Abstract:
Interior view of a dental office: Professor Pindborg is examining a patient for oral precancerous conditions; an assistant is standing to the left. Verso: Early detection of cancer saves lives - World Health Day 7 April 1970. Our photo shows Professor J.J. Pindborg, Director of WHO's International Reference Center for the Histopathology of Odontogenic Tumors in Copenhagen. Professor Pindborg is also Head of the Anti-Cancer work of the Royal Dental College and of the Dental Department in the Rigs University Hospital in Copenhagen. These insitutions are engaged in detecting oral precancerous conditions. At the Dental Dept. of the Rigs University Hospital, 35 to 40 patients are examined daily free of charge, and all positive cases are sent for treatment to the Radium Hospital. More than 3,000 specimen a year are sent to the Histology laboratory for histopathological nonmenclature and classification of oral precancerous conditions. Since September 1968, international research scientists from India, Sweden, United Kingdom, Hungary, Austria and FInland have worked at the Refrence Centre in Cospenhagen.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101437189 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
B08585
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101437189