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[Physicians and nurses with patient in operating room]
[Physicians and nurses with patient in operating room]
Postcard featuring a black and white photograph of 3 physicians and 4 nurses attending to a patient in an operating room. The patient is wearing a mask, draped in white sheets, and lying down on an operating table. The nurses are wearing full, white operating gowns and head scarves. The nurse on the far right is wearing a dark apron; there is a red cross emblem on her sleeve, and she is holding forceps. The doctors are wearing surgical gowns and caps; two of them are wearing dark aprons. There is a small table with a bottle and some surgical instruments on top. In the back there is an equipment cabinet with some surgical instruments on the shelves and some glass containers with lids on the top.
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