A physician uses a stethoscope to listen to the heart of a young boy
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Publication:
- [August 11, 1970]
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Cardiovascular Diseases -- prevention & control Physical Examination Physicians Auscultation Child Singapore World Health Organization.
- Genre(s):
- Photograph
- Abstract:
- WHO/14871. WPRO. Heart diseases. Singapore. Heart disease strikes more and more frequently in all age groups. Its causes may be more or less accidental, or may be the consequence of years of accumlated neglect. It is often predictable and avoidable on the one hand, and curable on the other. Treatment may bring about a more or less complete cure or may limit or postpone the ill effects and keep the disease under control for many years. Young boy in Singapore undergoing a periodic heart examination.
- Copyright:
- This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.
- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : 25 x 21 cm.
- Technique:
- black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101436952 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013947
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436952