[Electrotherapy treatment room]

[Electrotherapy treatment room]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Author(s):
Weingartshofer, Carl, photographer
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
[Germany?] : [publisher not identified], [1920?]
Language(s):
German
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Electric Stimulation Therapy
Germany
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
Black and white postcard featuring a photograph of an electrotherapy treatment room. There are several men in the room who appear to be undergoing treatment for joints problems. They have their arms and/or feet in large buckets of water. The buckets seem to have some sort of electrodes in them. The control unit is visible on back wall and wires are hanging from wall on the left. One of the nurses massages ankle of one of the patients.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black & white
NLM Unique ID:
101738950 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D05491
OCLC no.:
1370211923
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101738950