Close-up of leg amputation at 46th Portable Surgical Hospital, Tinkhawk Sakan, Burma

Close-up of leg amputation at 46th Portable Surgical Hospital, Tinkhawk Sakan, Burma

Contributor(s):
United States. Army
National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs
Publication:
Produced: [ca. 1944]
Language(s):
No linguistic content
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
World War II
Wounds and Injuries
Hospitals, Military
Operating Rooms
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Photographic prints
Abstract:
The auxiliary surgical hospitals (later called Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals) were conceived and developed by DeBakey and the Surgical Consultants in the first years of World War II. They greatly improved battlefield injury survival rates by getting surgical care closer to the front lines. Photos like this, taken during the last years of the war, provide a closer look at the operations of the surgical units.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101743405X298 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
FJBBSQ
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X298
Archival Collection:
The Michael E. DeBakey Papers (Profiles in Science)