Typhoid case tent hospital, Cobalt, Ont

Typhoid case tent hospital, Cobalt, Ont

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Zwerdling, Michael, former owner
Publication:
[Canada?] : [publisher not identified], [1909?]
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nurses
Typhoid Fever
Mobile Health Units
Miners
Ontario
Genre(s):
Postcard
Abstract:
In August of 1909 an epidemic of typhoid fever broke out in the silver mining camp of Cobalt, Ontario. This black and white photographic postcard shows one of the tent hospitals set up by mine owners. The group of twelve nurses in the postcard are posed standing around a patient lying in bed, most of them looking toward the camera. The male patient, presumably a miner, is covered with a white sheet and a dark blanket, his head resting on a white pillow. All the nurses but one wear some variation of a long white apron over a dress or a long white uniform. One wears a long dark dress. Nearly all wear caps. Two of the nurses stand at the head of the patient's bed and the others are grouped alongside the right side of the bed. The tent is in the background.
Copyright:
This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
Extent:
1 postcard : 8.5 x 14 cm
Provenance:
Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22.
Technique:
black & white
NLM Unique ID:
101766626 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1370212954
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101766626