Casts applied to patient at the 8th Portable Surgical Hospital, Philippine Islands, on J-Day +3

Casts applied to patient at the 8th Portable Surgical Hospital, Philippine Islands, on J-Day +3

Contributor(s):
United States. Army
National Museum of Health and Medicine. Otis Historical Archives. Museum and Medical Arts Service Photographs
Publication:
Produced: [ca. 1945]
Language(s):
No linguistic content
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
World War II
Wounds and Injuries
Hospitals, Military
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Photographic prints
Abstract:
Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine: "Patient, a casualty of a Japanese landmine explosion was from the 163rd Infantry. Albee type orthopedic table was made by Technician 3rd Class Rudolph Henkel (right foreground), Surgical Technician from Baltimore, Maryland out of Japanese pipe and ammunition rods, 1 piece from a stove pump, 1 piece from windshield of a Jeep.". 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:
101743405X301 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
FJBBSV
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101743405X301
Archival Collection:
The Michael E. DeBakey Papers (Profiles in Science)