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A nurse attending to a patient in an iron lung at Parkland Hospital. The patient is looking at the camera using a mirror placed above her head on the machine.

Title
Nurse Attending Woman in "Iron Lung"
Date
1951
Local Identifier
MSS0014-EXT-0058
Subject (MeSH)
Poliomyelitis
Ventilators, Mechanical
Nurses
Nursing
Patient Care
Subject (LCSH)
Parkland Hospital (Dallas, Tex.)
Geographic Coverage
Dallas (Tex.)
Type
Image
Genre
Photograph
Dimensions
jpeg
Language
English
Digital Date
2013
Biographical Note
In the 1940s and early 1950s, polio -- also called "infantile paralysis" -- was epidemic in Dallas and the rest of the United States.
Finding Aid
https://utsouthwestern.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/16
Collection
Parkland Hospital Collection
Source
Dallas Public Library
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Usage Statement
Use of this item is managed by the Dallas History & Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library. Please contact the Dallas History & Archives Division of the Dallas Public Library at texas@dallas.gov regarding use.
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Parkland Hospital Collection
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