Souvenir de Bruxelles

Souvenir de Bruxelles

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
[Belgium?] : [publisher not identified], [1950?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Radiography
Sculpture
Theft
Belgium
Genre(s):
Postcard
Wit and Humor
Abstract:
This humorous illustrated color postcard depicts the surprise a doctor and nurse get when they x-ray a patient. The doctor, wearing a white lab coat, is operating a large x-ray machine. Behind him a nurse, wearing a dark dress and high heeled shoes and a nurse's cap, is writing notes. A man wearing brown pants and shoes is standing behind a screen. A green, transparent plastic slide shows a skeleton view of the man's chest and arms. The postcard is made so when the green slide is lifted up, it reveals a red, transparent plastic square with an image of the Manneken Pis. The Manneken Pis, a well-known symbol of Brussels, is a 17th century sculpture of a little boy urinating into a fountain.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 9 x 15 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
color
NLM Unique ID:
101746582 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
D06768
OCLC no.:
1282339649
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101746582